Name: Methanofollis ethanolicus Imachi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.tha.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. ethanol, ethanol; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. ethanolicus, belonging to ethanol, referring to the substrate ethanol, which can be metabolized by the species

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21041; HASU; JCM 15103; NBRC 104120

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16S rRNA gene: AB371073 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Nagai H, Yamaguchi T, Takai K. Methanofollis ethanolicus sp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing methanogen isolated from a lotus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:800-805.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15243 (N = 4).
  • 😷 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: Imachi H, Sakai S, Nagai H, Yamaguchi T, Takai K. Methanofollis ethanolicus sp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing methanogen isolated from a lotus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:800-805.

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Record number: 787763