Name: Methanovulcanius yangii Chien et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: yang’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. yangii, of family name of Tsanyao Frank Yang, the geologist, for his contributions to this project

Pronunciation, gender: YAN͡G-i-i, masculine

Type strain: BCRC AR10048; CYW5; DSM 100756; NBRC 111404

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16S rRNA gene: KU561067 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chien H-H, Lai M-C, Weng C-Y, Chen M-F, Wu S-Y, Lin S, Chen S-C. Methanovulcanius yangii gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from a submarine mud volcano in the offshore area of southwestern Taiwan. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanovulcanius Chien et al. 2023. Publication: Chien H-H, Lai M-C, Weng C-Y, Chen M-F, Wu S-Y, Lin S, Chen S-C. Methanovulcanius yangii gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from a submarine mud volcano in the offshore area of southwestern Taiwan. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanovulcanius Chien et al. 2023

Assigned by: Chien H-H, Lai M-C, Weng C-Y, Chen M-F, Wu S-Y, Lin S, Chen S-C. Methanovulcanius yangii gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from a submarine mud volcano in the offshore area of southwestern Taiwan. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

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