Name: Methanobacterium veterum Krivushin et al. 2010
Etymology: ve.te.rum. L. gen. neut. pl. n. veterum, of the old, of old things, of antiquity, referring to the isolation of the type strain from ancient permafrost
Type strain: DSM 19849; MK4; VKM B-2440
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16S rRNA gene: EF016285 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Krivushin KV, Shcherbakova VA, Petrovskaya LE, Rivkina EM. Methanobacterium veterum sp. nov., from ancient Siberian permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:455-459.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Krivushin KV, Shcherbakova VA, Petrovskaya LE, Rivkina EM. Methanobacterium veterum sp. nov., from ancient Siberian permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:455-459.
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