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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methanobacterium aridiramus

Name: Methanobacterium aridiramus Lee et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ri.di.ra’mus. L. masc. adj. aridus, dry; L. masc. n. ramus, a branch; N.L. masc. n. aridiramus, a dry branch, reflecting to the cell morphology of the methanogen (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ri-di-RA-mus, neuter

Type strain: BCRC AR10053; CWC-01; NBRC 113991

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16S rRNA gene: MK979366 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee KY, Lai MC, Lin S, Lai SJ, Zhang WL, Chen WC, You YT, Wu SY, Hung CC, Ding JY, et al. Methanobacterium aridiramus sp. nov., a methanogen isolated from potential methane hydrate bearing area offshore southwestern Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6658. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lee KY, Lai MC, Lin S, Lai SJ, Zhang WL, Chen WC, You YT, Wu SY, Hung CC, Ding JY, et al. Methanobacterium aridiramus sp. nov., a methanogen isolated from potential methane hydrate bearing area offshore southwestern Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6658. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 58007
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