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Rejection of the species Methanothrix soehngenii^VPand the genus Methanothrix^VPas nomina confusa, and transfer of Methanothrix thermophila^VPto the genus Methanosaeta^VPas Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. Request for an Opinion

¹Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, PO Box 91000, Portland, OR 97291-1000, USA
²National Insitute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Author for correspondence: David R. Boone. Fax: +1 503 690 1273. e-mail: boone{at}ese.ogi.edu

ABSTRACT

We request an Opinion of the Judicial Commission regarding rejection of the species Methanothrix soehngenii^VPHuser, Wuhrmann and Zehnder 1983, 439, and the genus Methanothrix^VPHuser, Wuhrmann and Zehnder 1983, 439, as nomina confusa because their descriptions were based on the characterization of an impure type strain, strain Opfikon^T. We also propose the transfer of Methanothrix thermophila^VPKamagata et al. 1992, 465, to the genus Methanosaeta as Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov.

Key Words: Request for an Opinion • Methanothrix soehngenii^VP • Methanothrix thermophila^VP • Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. • nomina confusa

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