Name: Methanosphaerula palustris Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lus’tris. L. masc./fem. adj. palustris, marshy, swampy or muddy, living in marshes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1565; DSM 19958; E1-9c

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16S rRNA gene: EU156000 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Methanosphaerula palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a minerotrophic fen peatland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:928-935.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanosphaerula Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009. Publication: Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Methanosphaerula palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a minerotrophic fen peatland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:928-935.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanosphaerula Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009

Assigned by: Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Methanosphaerula palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a minerotrophic fen peatland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:928-935.

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Record number: 787085