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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
   Entrez records   
Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 10 11 -
BioSample 85 86 -
GEO DataSets 10 11 -
Gene 5,719 7,922 -
Identical Protein Groups 12,067 12,865 -
Nucleotide 861 970 147
PubChem BioAssay 31 41 -
PMC 861 861 -
Protein 15,574 18,650 -
SRA 14 14 -
Structure 157 326 -
Taxonomy 3 3 -

Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

Taxonomy ID: 145262 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:145262)
current name
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus corrig.  (Zeikus and Wolfe 1972) Wasserfallen et al. 2000 in [Wasserfallen A et al. (2000)]
not verified as type of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus: personal : Z-245
basionym:
Methanobacterium thermautotrophicum corrig. Zeikus and Wolfe 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) in [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)]
type strain of Methanobacterium thermautotrophicum: ATCC : 29096 , DSM : 1053 , JCM : 10044 , NBRC : 100330 , OCM : 143 , VKM:B : 1908 , personal : Delta H
homotypic synonym:
"Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicus" Zeikus and Wolfe 1972 in [Zeikus JG & Wolfe RS (1972)]
Methanobacterium thermautotrophicum corrig.  Zeikus and Wolfe 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) emend Touzel et al. 1992 in [Touzel JP et al. (1992)]
NCBI BLAST name: euryarchaeotes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym Methanobacterium thermoformicicum  Zhilina and Ilarionov 1986 in  in  [Validation List No. 21 (1986)] , [Nozhevnikova AN et al. (1988)]
type strain of Methanobacterium thermoformicicum: personal : Z-245
heterotypic synonym Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum corrig.  Blotevogel et al. 1988
type strain of Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum: personal : AC60 , ATCC : 43169 , DSM : 3267
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Methanomada group; Methanobacteria; Methanobacteriales; Methanobacteriaceae; Methanothermobacter

Comments and References:
Wasserfallen A et al. (2000) , Pubmed: abstract
Wasserfallen, A., Nòˆlling, J., Pfister, P., Reeve, J., and Conway de Macario, E. "Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2000) 50(1):43-53.
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Zeikus JG & Wolfe RS (1972) , doi: 10.1128/jb.109.2.707-713.1972 , Pubmed: abstract
Zeikus, J.G., and Wolfe, R.S. "Methanobacterium autotrophicus sp. n., an anaerobic, autotrophic, extreme thermophile." J. Bacteriol. (1972) 109(2):707-713.
Touzel JP et al. (1992) , Pubmed: abstract
Touzel, J.P., Conway De Macario, E., Nolling, J., De Vos, W.M., Zhilina, T., and Lysenko, A.M. "DNA relatedness among some thermophilic members of the genus Methanobacterium: emendation of the species Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and rejection of Methanobacterium thermoformicicum as a synonym of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1992) 42(3):408-411.
Validation List No. 21 (1986)
VALIDATION LIST No. 21. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1986) 36(3):489.
Nozhevnikova AN et al. (1988)
Nozhevnikova, A.N., Zhilina, T.N., and Sokolova, T.G. "[Species composition of methane bacteria in fermented cattle manure]." Prikl. Biokhim. Mikrobiol. (1988) 24(4):555-560. [N.B.: descriptions of Methanosarcina thermophila, Methanosarcina mazei, Methanothrix thermoacetophila and Methanobacterium thermoformicicum are given.]
Zhilina TN & Ilarionov SA (1984)
Validation List No. 25 (1988)
VALIDATION LIST No. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1988) 38(2):220-222.
Blotevogel KH et al. (1985)
Blotevogel, K.-H., Fischer, U., Mocha, M., and Jannsen, S. "Methanobacterium thermoalcaliphilum spec. nov., a new moderately alkaliphilic and thermophilic autotrophic methanogen." Arch. Microbiol. (1985) 142(3):211-217. [No PubMed record available.]
Boone DR & Mah RA (1989) (reference relating to orthographic revision)
Boone, D.R., and Mah, R.A. "Genus I. Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936, 399AL, emend. Balch and Wolfe in Balch, Fox, Magrum, Woese and Wolfe 1979, 284." In: J.T. Staley, M.P. Bryant, N. Pfennig, and J. G. Holt (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 3, 1989. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2175-2177. [No PubMed record available.]
Kotelnikova SV et al. (1993b)
Kotelnikova, S.V., Obraztsova, A.Y., Blotevogel, K.H., and Popov, I.N. "Taxonomic analysis of thermophilic strains of the genus Methanobacterium: reclassification of Methanobacterium thermoalcaliphilum as a synonym of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43(3):591-596. [No PubMed record available.]

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus type strain (BD-ID 6882) meta-databases BacDive
Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum corrig. Blotevogel et al. 1988 taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
GOLD: 2 Organisms organism-specific Genomes On Line Database
Show Biotic Interactions taxonomy/phylogenetic Global Biotic Interactions
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
Related Immune Epitope Information gene/protein/disease-specific Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource
8001863849: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus WHS organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
8075065838: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Z-245 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus (T) | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus type strain (SI-ID 47306) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus type strain (SI-ID 41688) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus type strain (SI-ID 47749) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum taxonomy/phylogenetic TreeBase
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