Name: Methanocaldococcus bathoardescens Stewart et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.tho.ar.des’cens. Gr. neut. n. bathos, depth; L. pres. part. ardescens, becoming hot, erupting (for a volcano); N.L. part. adj. bathoardescens, erupting in the depth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27223; JH146; KACC 18232

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC261588 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stewart LC, Jung JH, Kim YT, Kwon SW, Park CS, Holden JF. Methanocaldococcus bathoardescens sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic methanogen isolated from a volcanically active deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1280-1283.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

Assigned by: Stewart LC, Jung JH, Kim YT, Kwon SW, Park CS, Holden JF. Methanocaldococcus bathoardescens sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic methanogen isolated from a volcanically active deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1280-1283.

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Record number: 792680