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.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-53

  Wasserfallen, Alain ^a   Nölling, Jörk ^b,d   Pfister, Peter ^a   Reeve, John ^b   De Macario, Everly Conway ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

168 rRNA; Archaea; Methanobacterium; Methanothermobacter; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER MARBURGENSIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER WOLFEII; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOFORMICICUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER MARBURGENSIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER WOLFEII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0343593731     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-43     Document Type: Article

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