Name: Methanocella arvoryzae Sakai et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arv.o.ry’zae. L. neut. n. arvum, an arable field, cultivated land; L. fem. n. oryza, rice; N.L. gen. fem. n. arvoryzae, of a rice paddy field

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22066; MRE50; NBRC 105507

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16S rRNA gene: AM114193 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakai S, Conrad R, Liesack W, Imachi H. Methanocella arvoryzae sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2918-2923.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanocella Sakai et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sakai S, Conrad R, Liesack W, Imachi H. Methanocella arvoryzae sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2918-2923.

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Record number: 788945