Name: "Methanimicrococcus hacksteinii" Protasov and Brune 2023
Etymology: hack.stein’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hacksteinii, of Hackstein, named in honor of Johannes H.P. Hackstein for his important contributions on the hydrogenosomes of anaerobic protists and methanogenesis in arthropod guts
Type strain: At1; DSM 115570; JCM 39383
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16S rRNA gene: OQ442333 Analyse FASTA
Original publication: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000
Assigned by: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.
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Record number: 41775