Name: Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ki.na.wen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. okinawensis, pertaining to Okinawa, a region of Japan

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14208; IH1; JCM 11175

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB057722 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Inoue A, Horikoshi K. Methanothermococcus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a Western Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1089-1095.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00015 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002

Assigned by: Takai K, Inoue A, Horikoshi K. Methanothermococcus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a Western Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1089-1095.

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Record number: 777949