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Species Halomethanococcus doii
Name: Halomethanococcus doii Yu and Kawamura 1988
Etymology: doi’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. doii, of Doi, named for R. H. Doi, a scientist who has contributed to microbiology
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … DOI-i, masculine
Type strain: 1Y-1; ATCC 43619
Effective publication:
Yu IK, Kawamura F. Halomethanococcus doii gen. nov., sp. nov.: an obligately halophilic methanogenic bacterium from solar salt ponds. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:303-310. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halomethanococcus Yu and Kawamura 1988.
Publication:
Yu IK, Kawamura F. Halomethanococcus doii gen. nov., sp. nov.: an obligately halophilic methanogenic bacterium from solar salt ponds. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:303-310.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection".
Publication:
Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
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- 🧍 The type strain of Halomethanococcus doii Yu and Kawamura 1988 has been lost. Publication: Boone DR. Genus IV. Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988, 122VP. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 281-283. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halomethanococcus Yu and Kawamura 1988.
Publication:
Yu IK, Kawamura F. Halomethanococcus doii gen. nov., sp. nov.: an obligately halophilic methanogenic bacterium from solar salt ponds. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:303-310.
Parent taxon: Halomethanococcus Yu and Kawamura 1988
Assigned by:
Yu IK, Kawamura F. Halomethanococcus doii gen. nov., sp. nov.: an obligately halophilic methanogenic bacterium from solar salt ponds. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:303-310.
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Record number: 783970
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