Name: Methanolobus chelungpuianus Wu and Lai 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: che.lung.pu.i.a’nus. N.L. masc. adj. chelungpuianus, Chelungpu fault, the place of isolation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC AR10030; DSM 19953; JCM 15159; St545Mb

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU293796 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wu SY, Lai MC. Methanogenic archaea isolated from Taiwan's Chelungpu fault. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:830-838.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Wu SY, Lai MC. Methanogenic archaea isolated from Taiwan's Chelungpu fault. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:830-838.

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Record number: 792097