Name: Methanolinea mesophila Sakai et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, medium; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, medium-temperature-loving, mesophilic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23604; NBRC 105659; TNR

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB447467 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanolinea Imachi et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.

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Record number: 789915