Name: "Methylacidimicrobium cyclopophantes" van Teeseling et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cy.clo.po.phan’tes. Gr. masc. n. Kyklôps, cyclops; Gr. masc. adj. suff. -phantês, resembling; N.L. masc. adj. cyclopophantes, resembling a Cyclops, referring to the single large electron-dense particle which is present in each cell

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3B

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16S rRNA gene: KM210555 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: van Teeseling MC, Pol A, Harhangi HR, van der Zwart S, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ, van Niftrik L. Expanding the verrucomicrobial methanotrophic world: description of three novel species of Methylacidimicrobium gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:6782-6791.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Methylacidimicrobium" van Teeseling et al. 2014

Assigned by: van Teeseling MC, Pol A, Harhangi HR, van der Zwart S, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ, van Niftrik L. Expanding the verrucomicrobial methanotrophic world: description of three novel species of Methylacidimicrobium gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:6782-6791.

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Record number: 2583