Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.201

Name

Methanogenium organophilum Widdel et al. 1989

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	Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 emend. Spring et al. 2005

Type Strain

representative organism

CV^T (=DSM 3596)

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 Methanococci Boone 2002
order Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981
family Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
genus Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 emend. Spring et al. 2005
species Methanogenium organophilum Widdel et al. 1989

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 Methanogenium organophilum Widdel et al. 1989. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.201.

Source File

10.1601/tx.201.xml

References

Widdel F, Rouviere PE, Wolfe RS. Classification of secondary alcohol-utilizing methanogens including a new thermophilic isolate. Arch Microbiol 1988; 150:477-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422290.