Name: Methanosarcina lacustris Simankova et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cus’tris. N.L. fem. adj. lacustris, related to a lake, inhabiting lake

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … la-KUS-tris, feminine

Type strain: DSM 13486; VKM B-2268; ZS

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16S rRNA gene: AB973355 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Simankova MV, Parshina SN, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Zehnder AJ, Nozhevnikova AN. Methanosarcina lacustris sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant methanogenic archaeon from anoxic lake sediments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:362-367. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Simankova MV, Parshina SN, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Zehnder AJ, Nozhevnikova AN. Methanosarcina lacustris sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant methanogenic archaeon from anoxic lake sediments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:362-367. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 777931