title: Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov..
abstract: Formal nomenclature is proposed for five methanogens, isolated from horse, pig, cow, goose and sheep faeces, that represent four novel species of the genus Methanobrevibacter. The four species, Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov., are distinguished from each other by a lack of genomic DNA reassociation and from previously described members of the genus on the basis of differences in the sequences of the 16S rRNA genes.
authors.affiliation: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509, USA. terry.miller@wadsworth.org
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Chuzhao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D002417:Cattle; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005777:Geese; D006736:Horses; D017013:Methanobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S