Name: Methanofollis aquaemaris Lai and Chen 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.quae.ma’ris. L. gen. fem. n. aquae, of water; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. fem. n. aquaemaris, of sea water

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 16166; CCRC 16166; DSM 14661; N2F9704; OCM 746

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF262035 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai MC, Chen SC. Methanofollis aquaemaris sp. nov., a methanogen isolated from an aquaculture fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1873-1880.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999

Assigned by: Lai MC, Chen SC. Methanofollis aquaemaris sp. nov., a methanogen isolated from an aquaculture fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1873-1880.

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Record number: 777876