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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Methanolobus psychrophilus"

Name: "Methanolobus psychrophilus" Zhang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, preferring; N.L. masc. adj. psychrophilus, preferring cold

Pronunciation, gender: psy-KHRO-phi-lus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: JCM 14818; R15

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Original publication: Zhang G, Jiang N, Liu X, Dong X. Methanogenesis from methanol at low temperatures by a novel psychrophilic methanogen, "Methanolobus psychrophilus" sp. nov., prevalent in Zoige wetland of the Tibetan plateau. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:6114-6120.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Zhang G, Jiang N, Liu X, Dong X. Methanogenesis from methanol at low temperatures by a novel psychrophilic methanogen, "Methanolobus psychrophilus" sp. nov., prevalent in Zoige wetland of the Tibetan plateau. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:6114-6120.

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Record number: 801041
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