Name: Methanolobus profundi Mochimaru et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun’di L. gen. neut. n. profundi, of an abyss

Type strains: DSM 21213; MobM; NBRC 104158

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB370245 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mochimaru H, Tamaki H, Hanada S, Imachi H, Nakamura K, Sakata S, Kamagata Y. Methanolobus profundi sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from deep subsurface sediments in a natural gas field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:714-718.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Mochimaru H, Tamaki H, Hanada S, Imachi H, Nakamura K, Sakata S, Kamagata Y. Methanolobus profundi sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from deep subsurface sediments in a natural gas field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:714-718.

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