Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methanobacterium ferruginis

Name: Methanobacterium ferruginis Mori and Harayama 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ru.gi.nis. L. fem. n. ferrugo (gen. ferruginis), iron rust; L. gen. fem. n. ferruginis, of iron rust

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 21974; Mic6c05; NBRC 105197

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16S rRNA gene: AB542743 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mori K, Harayama S. Methanobacterium petrolearium sp. nov. and Methanobacterium ferruginis sp. nov., mesophilic methanogens isolated from salty environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:138-143.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Mori K, Harayama S. Methanobacterium petrolearium sp. nov. and Methanobacterium ferruginis sp. nov., mesophilic methanogens isolated from salty environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:138-143.

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Record number: 788991
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