Name: "Candidatus Methanoregula boonei" Bräuer et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: boo’ne.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boonei, referring to Boone

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 6A8; DSM 21154; JCM 14090

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ282124 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yashiro E, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature 2006; 442:192-194.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanoregula boonei Bräuer et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanoregula boonei Bräuer et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanoregula" Bräuer et al. 2006. Publication: Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yashiro E, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature 2006; 442:192-194.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanoregula" Bräuer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yashiro E, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature 2006; 442:192-194.

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Record number: 4489