Name: Methanohalophilus portucalensis Boone et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.tu.cal.en’sis. M.L. masc./fem. adj. portucalensis, pertaining to Portugal

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 59; ATCC BAA-912; DSM 7471; FDF-1; OCM 59

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY290717 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Boone DR, Mathrani IM, Liu Y, Menaia JAGF, Mah RA, Boone JE. Isolation and characterization of Methanohalophilus portucalensis sp. nov. and DNA reassociation study of the genus Methanohalophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:430-437.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988

Assigned by: Boone DR, Mathrani IM, Liu Y, Menaia JAGF, Mah RA, Boone JE. Isolation and characterization of Methanohalophilus portucalensis sp. nov. and DNA reassociation study of the genus Methanohalophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:430-437.

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