Name: Methanofervidicoccus abyssi Sakai et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’si. L. gen. masc./fem. n. abyssi, of an abyss, of the great deep

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 105918; HHB; JCM 32161

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: BFAX01000003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakai S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Ogawara M, Yanagawa K, Miyazaki J, Takai K. Methanofervidicoccus abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney in the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center, the Caribbean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1225-1230.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanofervidicoccus Sakai et al. 2019. Publication: Sakai S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Ogawara M, Yanagawa K, Miyazaki J, Takai K. Methanofervidicoccus abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney in the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center, the Caribbean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1225-1230.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanofervidicoccus Sakai et al. 2019

Assigned by: Sakai S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Ogawara M, Yanagawa K, Miyazaki J, Takai K. Methanofervidicoccus abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney in the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center, the Caribbean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1225-1230.

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Record number: 800706