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

Type strain: Kam1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

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

• 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

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: 1103