Genus Methylohalomonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Methylohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylohalomonas lacus Sorokin et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. n. methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood), the methyl group; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Methylohalomonas, salt (-tolerant), methyl-group-utilizing monad.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), DORONINA (N.V.), TOUROVA (T.P.), GALINSKI (E.A.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.) and MUYZER (G.): Methylohalomonas lacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylonatrum kenyense gen. nov., sp. nov., methylotrophic gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2762-2769.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methylohalomonas lacus Sorokin et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HMT 1 = DSM 15733 = NCCB 100208 = UNIQEM U237.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ834966.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lacus, of a lake.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), DORONINA (N.V.), TOUROVA (T.P.), GALINSKI (E.A.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.) and MUYZER (G.): Methylohalomonas lacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylonatrum kenyense gen. nov., sp. nov., methylotrophic gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2762-2769.
Original article in IJSEM Online