Name: Megasphaera paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006
Etymology: pau.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, devouring few substrates
Type strain: DSM 16981; VTT E-032341
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16S rRNA gene: AB609708 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Juvonen R, Suihko ML. Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:695-702.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Juvonen R, Suihko ML. Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:695-702.
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Record number: 777748