Name: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum infernorum" Hou et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: in.fer.no’rum. L. gen. pl. n. infernorum, of the shades below

Gender: neuter

Type strain: V4

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU223931 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hou S, Makarova KS, Saw JH, Senin P, Ly BV, Zhou Z, Ren Y, Wang J, Galperin MY, Omelchenko MV, et al. Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia. Biol Direct 2008; 3:26.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum infernorum" Op den Camp et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum infernorum" Op den Camp et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methylokorus infernorum" Dunfield et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008. Publication: Hou S, Makarova KS, Saw JH, Senin P, Ly BV, Zhou Z, Ren Y, Wang J, Galperin MY, Omelchenko MV, et al. Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia. Biol Direct 2008; 3:26.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008

Assigned by: Hou S, Makarova KS, Saw JH, Senin P, Ly BV, Zhou Z, Ren Y, Wang J, Galperin MY, Omelchenko MV, et al. Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia. Biol Direct 2008; 3:26.

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