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Species Methanosarcina baikalica
Name: Methanosarcina baikalica Zhilina et al. 2025
Etymology: ba.i.ka’li.ca. N.L. neut. adj. baikalicum, the Baikal Lake; N.L. fem. adj. baikalica, named after Lake Baikal, from which the organism was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: ba-i-KA-li-ka, feminine
Type strain: JCM 39438; VKM B-3565; Z-7115
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KY780617
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Zhilina TN, Merkel A, Kolganova TV, Trubitsyn VE, Shcherbakova VA, et al. Methanosarcina baikalica sp. nov. a new methanogenic archaeon isolated from surface bottom sediments of Lake Baikal. Microbiology 2024; 93:713-723. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Zhilina TN, Merkel A, Kolganova TV, Trubitsyn VE, Shcherbakova VA, et al. Methanosarcina baikalica sp. nov. a new methanogenic archaeon isolated from surface bottom sediments of Lake Baikal. Microbiology 2024; 93:713-723. 🇷🇺
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Record number: 65763
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