Methanospirillum

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Methanospirillum

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002).
Type species: ¤ Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. fem. n. spira, a spire; N.L. neut. n. spirillum, a spiral; N.L. neut. n. Methanospirillum, methane (-producing) spiral.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [FERRY (J.G.), SMITH (P.H.) and WOLFE (R.S.): Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1974, 24, 465-469.]

---> Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Iino et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. fem. n. spira, a spire; N.L. neut. n. spirillum, a spiral; N.L. neut. n. Methanospirillum, methane (-producing) spiral.
Reference: IINO (T.), MORI (K.) and SUZUKI (K.): Methanospirillum lacunae sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a puddly soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Methanospirillum and Methanospirillum hungatei. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2563-2566.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JF-1 = ATCC 27890 = DSM 864 = JCM 10133 = NBRC 100397 = OCM 16.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY196683.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. hungateii, of Hungate; named for R. E. Hungate who has made many contributions to the ecological study of methanogenic bacteria.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [FERRY (J.G.), SMITH (P.H.) and WOLFE (R.S.): Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1974, 24, 465-469.]

Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, hungatii (sic), has been corrected by Ferry 1989.
Reference: FERRY (J.G.): Genus II. Methanospirillum Ferry, Smith and Wolfe 1974, 469AL. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, pp. 2193-2195.

---> Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Iino et al. 2010.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain strain JF-1 = ATCC 27890 = DSM 864 = JCM 10133 = NBRC 100397 = OCM 16.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY196683.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. hungateii, of Hungate; named for R. E. Hungate who has made many contributions to the ecological study of methanogenic bacteria.
Reference: IINO (T.), MORI (K.) and SUZUKI (K.): Methanospirillum lacunae sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a puddly soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Methanospirillum and Methanospirillum hungatei. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2563-2566.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanospirillum lacunae Iino et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Ki8-1 = DSM 22751 = JCM 16384 = NBRC 104920.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB517986.
Etymology: L. n. lacuna, pond; L. gen. n. lacunae, of a pond.
Reference: IINO (T.), MORI (K.) and SUZUKI (K.): Methanospirillum lacunae sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a puddly soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Methanospirillum and Methanospirillum hungatei. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2563-2566.
Original article in IJSEM Online