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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Methanococcus thermophila"

Name: "Methanococcus thermophila" Howell and White 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, sic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ther-MO-phi-la, masculine

Original publication: Howell DM, White RH. D-erythro-neopterin biosynthesis in the methanogenic archaea Methanococcus thermophila and Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5165-5170. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Howell DM, White RH. D-erythro-neopterin biosynthesis in the methanogenic archaea Methanococcus thermophila and Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5165-5170. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 9392
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