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

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: JCM 30608; kam1; KCTC 4682

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16S rRNA gene: EF127896 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense Ratnadevi et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

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

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