Name: Methanosarcina flavescens Kern et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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