Name: Methanoculleus sediminis Chen et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.di’mi.nis. L. gen. neut. n. sediminis, of sediment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC AR10044; DSM 29354; S3Fa

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM111600 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen SC, Chen MF, Lai MC, Weng CY, Wu SY, Lin S, Yang TF, Chen PC. Methanoculleus sediminis sp. nov., a methanogen from sediments near a submarine mud volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2141-2147.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Assigned by: Chen SC, Chen MF, Lai MC, Weng CY, Wu SY, Lin S, Yang TF, Chen PC. Methanoculleus sediminis sp. nov., a methanogen from sediments near a submarine mud volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2141-2147.

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Record number: 792906