Name: Methanofollis formosanus Wu et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mos.a’nus. N.L. masc. adj. formosanus, pertaining to Formosa, of Formosa, the beautiful island of Taiwan

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15483; ML15; OCM 789

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY186542 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu SY, Chen SC, Lai MC. Methanofollis formosanus sp. nov., isolated from a fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:837-842.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999

Assigned by: Wu SY, Chen SC, Lai MC. Methanofollis formosanus sp. nov., isolated from a fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:837-842.

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Record number: 777877