Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.138

Name

Methanothermobacter wolfeii (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Type Strain

representative organism

ATCC 43096^T (=DSM 2970 =VKM B-1829 =OCM 154 =NBRC 100332)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Methanobacteria (Murray 1988) Boone 2002
order Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981
family Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000
species Methanothermobacter wolfeii (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Methanothermobacter wolfeii (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.138.

Source File

10.1601/tx.138.xml

References

Wasserfallen A, Nölling J, Pfister P, Reeve J, Conway de Macario E. Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:43-53. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-1-43 [PubMed].