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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methanosarcina baikalica

Name: Methanosarcina baikalica Zhilina et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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 (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-SAR-ki-na ba-i-KA-li-ka, feminine

Type strain: JCM 39438; VKM B-3565; Z-7115

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16S rRNA gene: KY780617 Analysetree FASTA download

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. 🇷🇺

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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