Name: Methanohalobium evestigatus Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1072; DSM 3721; OCM 161; Z-7303

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16S rRNA gene: U20149 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanohalobium evestigatus, n. gen., n. sp. The extremely halophylic methanogenic Archaebacterium. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1987; 293:464-468.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:1073. Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075.

Parent taxon: Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanohalobium evestigatus, n. gen., n. sp. The extremely halophylic methanogenic Archaebacterium. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1987; 293:464-468.

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Record number: 784215