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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methanoculleus methanifontis

Name: Methanoculleus methanifontis Lai et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tha.ni.fon’tis. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. masc. n. fons, a spring; N.L. gen. masc. n. methanifontis, of a methane seepage, referring to the habitat of the methanogen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-KUL-le-us me-tha-ni-FON-tis, masculine

Type strain: BCRC AR10057; FWC-SCC3; NBRC 113994; SCC 3

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16S rRNA gene: MK981234 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Lai SJ, Lai MC, Lin S, You YT, Wei WH, Chen YW, Lan ZH, Fan CH, Wu SY, Hung CC, et al. Six novel species of the genus Methanoculleus isolated from various environments in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6477. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6494.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Assigned by: Lai SJ, Lai MC, Lin S, You YT, Wei WH, Chen YW, Lan ZH, Fan CH, Wu SY, Hung CC, et al. Six novel species of the genus Methanoculleus isolated from various environments in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6477. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 51719

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