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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55 (2005), 1097-1099; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.63607-0
© 2005 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Methanogenium frittonii Harris et al. 1996 is a later synonym of Methanoculleus thermophilus (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Stefan Spring, Peter Schumann and Cathrin Spröer

DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany

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Stefan Spring
ssp{at}dsmz.de

The 16S rRNA gene sequence of [Methanogenium] frittonii DSM 2832T was determined and was found to be 99·9 % similar to the sequence of Methanoculleus thermophilus DSM 2373T. DNA–DNA hybridizations between both strains revealed 86 % DNA–DNA binding, indicating that both strains belong to the same species. The determination of the DNA G+C content of both type strains, DSM 2832T and DSM 2373T, revealed values of 56·1 and 59·1 mol%, respectively. Based on the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, it is proposed to unite the species [Methanogenium] frittonii and Methanoculleus thermophilus under the name Methanoculleus thermophilus, which is the earlier synonym and hence has priority. Emended descriptions of the species Methanoculleus thermophilus and the genus Methanogenium are also given.

Published online ahead of print on 9 December 2004 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63607-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain DSM 2832T is AJ862839.




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