Name DOI
10.1601/nm.9618
Name
 Tsubota et al. 2005
Name Status
Validly Published, Illegitimate
Current Authority
Tsubota et al. 2005
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= =)
Proper Form
Methylothermus thermalis Tsubota et al. 2005
Nomenclatural History
The species Methylothermus thermalis was originally described and validly published by Tsubota et al. 2005.

This species name is illegitimate because the nomenclatural type is based upon a patent strain. Tindall 2019 re-asserts this.
Citation
When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Name Abstract for Methylothermus thermalis Tsubota et al. 2005.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.9618.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on July 30, 2019.

References

  1. Tsubota J, Eshinimaev BTS, Khmelenina VN, Trotsenko YA. Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1877-1884. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63691-0 [PubMed].
  2. Tindall BJ. The status of names whose nomenclatural types are based on strains deposited solely for patent purposes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2616-2620. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003527 [PubMed].
  3. List Editor. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11, of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.040212-0 [PubMed].