Name: Methanocalculus chunghsingensis Lai et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chung.hsing.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. chunghsingensis, from Chung Hsing University, to honour the university where this research was performed

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14539; DSM 14646; K1F9705b; OCM 772

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16S rRNA gene: AF347025 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai MC, Lin CC, Yu PH, Huang YF, Chen SC. Methanocalculus chunghsingensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuary and a marine fishpond in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:183-189.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Lai et al. 2004, the strain DSM 14539 is erroneously cited as DSM 14646. — Spring S. Personal communication, 2004-01-26.

Parent taxon: Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998

Assigned by: Lai MC, Lin CC, Yu PH, Huang YF, Chen SC. Methanocalculus chunghsingensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuary and a marine fishpond in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:183-189.

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Record number: 777831