Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.99

Name

Methanobacterium congolense Cuzin et al. 2001

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	Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 7095^T (=OCM 779 =C)

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 Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Methanobacterium congolense Cuzin et al. 2001

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 Methanobacterium congolense Cuzin et al. 2001. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.99.

Source File

10.1601/tx.99.xml

References

Cuzin N, Ouattara AS, Labat M, Garcia JL. Methanobacterium congolense sp. nov., from a methanogenic fermentation of cassava peel. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:489-493. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-2-489 [PubMed].