Name: Methanomethylovorans uponensis Cha et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.po.nensis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. uponensis, of or belonging to the Upo wetland in Republic of Korea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 27305; EK1; JCM 19217; KCTC 4119; NBRC 109636

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16S rRNA gene: KC876048 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cha IT, Min UG, Kim SJ, Yim KJ, Roh SW, Rhee SK. Methanomethylovorans uponensis sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from wetland sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1005-1012.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanomethylovorans Lomans et al. 2004

Assigned by: Cha IT, Min UG, Kim SJ, Yim KJ, Roh SW, Rhee SK. Methanomethylovorans uponensis sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from wetland sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1005-1012.

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Record number: 791585