Methylococcus thermophilus Malashenko et al., 1975 Dataset Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) Rank SPECIES Published in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30::319 Classification genus Methylococcus species Methylococcus thermophilus Name Homonyms Methylococcus thermophilus Malashenko et al., 1975