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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methanobacterium palustre

Name: Methanobacterium palustre Zellner et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lus’tre. L. neut. adj. palustre, marshy, swampy, indicating its occurrence in a muddy environment

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-bak-TE-ri-um pa-LUS-tre, neuter

Type strain: DSM 3108; F; NBRC 105230; OCM 238

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16S rRNA gene: AF093061 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Zellner G, Bleicher K, Braun E, Kneifel H, Tindall BJ, Conway De Macario E, Winter J. Characterization of a new mesophilic, secondary alcohol-utilizing methanogen, Methanobacterium palustre spec. nov. from a peat bog. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:1-9.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 35. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:470-471.

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: Zellner G, Bleicher K, Braun E, Kneifel H, Tindall BJ, Conway De Macario E, Winter J. Characterization of a new mesophilic, secondary alcohol-utilizing methanogen, Methanobacterium palustre spec. nov. from a peat bog. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:1-9.

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Record number: 777799

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