Name: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense" Erikstad et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: kam.chat.ken’se. N.L. neut. adj. kamchatkense, pertaining to Kamchatka

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kam-k^hat-KEN-se, neuter

Nomenclatural type: JCM 30608; kam1; KCTC 4682

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16S rRNA gene: EF127896 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Erikstad HA, Jensen S, Keen TJ, Birkeland NK. Differential expression of particulate methane monooxygenase genes in the verrucomicrobial methanotroph 'Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense' Kam1. Extremophiles 2012; 16:405-409. 🇳🇴

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense Ratnadevi et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense Ratnadevi et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense" Op den Camp et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Methyloacida kamchatkensis" Islam et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum".

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

Assigned by: Erikstad HA, Jensen S, Keen TJ, Birkeland NK. Differential expression of particulate methane monooxygenase genes in the verrucomicrobial methanotroph 'Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense' Kam1. Extremophiles 2012; 16:405-409. 🇳🇴

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Record number: 43095