Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.268

Name

Methanosaeta thermophila (Kamagata et al. 1992) Boone and Kamagata 1998

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	Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990

Type Strain

representative organism

PT^T (=DSM 6194)

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 Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002
family Methanosaetaceae Boone et al. 2002
genus Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990
species Methanosaeta thermophila (Kamagata et al. 1992) Boone and Kamagata 1998

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 Methanosaeta thermophila (Kamagata et al. 1992) Boone and Kamagata 1998. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.268.

Source File

10.1601/tx.268.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 18, 2017.

References

Boone DR, Kamagata Y. Rejection of the species Methanothrix soehngenii (VP) and the genus Methanothrix (VP) as nomina confusa, and transfer of Methanothrix thermophila (VP) to the genus Methanosaeta (VP) as Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1079-1080. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-1079.