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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Methyloterricola

Name: Methyloterricola Frindte et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.ter.ri’co.la. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group; N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. fem. n. terra, earth; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. fem. n. Methyloterricola, a terrestrial methyl-using bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Methyloterricol-), me-thy-lo-ter-RI-ko-la

Type species: Methyloterricola oryzae Frindte et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Frindte K, Maarastawi SA, Lipski A, Hamacher J, Knief C. Characterization of the first rice paddy cluster I isolate, Methyloterricola oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and amended description of Methylomagnum ishizawai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4507-4514. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

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: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Frindte K, Maarastawi SA, Lipski A, Hamacher J, Knief C. Characterization of the first rice paddy cluster I isolate, Methyloterricola oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and amended description of Methylomagnum ishizawai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4507-4514. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 519307
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