Genus Methylomusa
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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").
Methylomusa Amano et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylomusa anaerophila Amano et al. 2018.
Etymology: N.L. pref. methylo, pertaining to the methyl radical; N.L. fem. n. musa, a banana; N.L. fem. n. Methylomusa, a methyl-utilizing banana.
Valid publication: AMANO, N., YAMAMURO, A., MIYAHARA, M., KOUZUMA, A., ABE, T. and WATANABE, K. 2018. Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1118-1122.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methylomusa anaerophila Amano et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MMFC1=JCM 31821=KCTC 15592.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC203074.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: AP018449.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, non-, not; Gr. n. aer, aeros, air; N.L. fem. adj. phila, from Gr. fem. adj. philê, friend to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. anaerophila, not air-loving.
Source: Laboratory.
Valid publication: AMANO, N., YAMAMURO, A., MIYAHARA, M., KOUZUMA, A., ABE, T. and WATANABE, K. 2018. Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1118-1122.
Original article in IJSEM Online