Genus Methanooceanicella

Name: Methanooceanicella Zhang et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.o.ce.a.ni.cel’la. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. masc. n. oceanus, ocean; L. fem. n. cella, a room, and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Methanooceanicella, a methane-forming cell from the ocean

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Methanooceanicell-), me-tha-no-o-ke-a-ni-KEL-la

Type species: Methanooceanicella nereidis Zhang et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhang WL, Lai MC, Lin S, Chen WC, Deng YC, Lai SJ, Wu SY, Hung CC, Ding JY, Chen SC. Methanooceanicella nereidis gen. nov., sp. nov., the first oceanic Methanocellaceae methanogen, isolated from potential methane hydrate bearing area offshore southwestern Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6322. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Methanocellaceae Sakai et al. 2008

Assigned by: Zhang WL, Lai MC, Lin S, Chen WC, Deng YC, Lai SJ, Wu SY, Hung CC, Ding JY, Chen SC. Methanooceanicella nereidis gen. nov., sp. nov., the first oceanic Methanocellaceae methanogen, isolated from potential methane hydrate bearing area offshore southwestern Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6322. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 47523

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