Name: Methanoculleus hydrogenitrophicus Tian et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni.tro’phi.cus. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. adj. trophicus, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing; N.L. masc. adj. hydrogenitrophicus, using hydrogen as electron donor

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5146; DSM 25996; HC; JCM 16311

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16S rRNA gene: FJ977567 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tian J, Wang Y, Dong X. Methanoculleus hydrogenitrophicus sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2165-2169.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

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: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Assigned by: Tian J, Wang Y, Dong X. Methanoculleus hydrogenitrophicus sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2165-2169.

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Record number: 788724