Name: Methanosarcina flavescens Kern et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. fem. part. adj. flavescens, becoming yellow

Pronunciation, gender: fla-WES-kens, feminine

Type strain: DSM 100822; E03.2; JCM 30921

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16S rRNA gene: KT828541 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kern T, Fischer MA, Deppenmeier U, Schmitz RA, Rother M. Methanosarcina flavescens sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from a full-scale anaerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1533-1538. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kern T, Fischer MA, Deppenmeier U, Schmitz RA, Rother M. Methanosarcina flavescens sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from a full-scale anaerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1533-1538. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 793919