Name: Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae Saidi-Mehrabad et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.i.ha.re’nae. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. fem. n. harena, sand; N.L. gen. fem. n. oleiharenae, of (from) oil sand

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-le-i-ha-RE-na͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC TSD-186; DSM 27269; XLMV4

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16S rRNA gene: KC963966 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saidi-Mehrabad A, Kits DK, Kim JJ, Tamas I, Schumann P, Khadka R, Strilets T, Smirnova AV, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, et al. Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic methanotroph isolated from an oil sands tailings pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2499-2508. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylicorpusculum Saidi-Mehrabad et al. 2020. Publication: Saidi-Mehrabad A, Kits DK, Kim JJ, Tamas I, Schumann P, Khadka R, Strilets T, Smirnova AV, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, et al. Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic methanotroph isolated from an oil sands tailings pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2499-2508. 🇨🇦
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylicorpusculum Saidi-Mehrabad et al. 2020

Assigned by: Saidi-Mehrabad A, Kits DK, Kim JJ, Tamas I, Schumann P, Khadka R, Strilets T, Smirnova AV, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, et al. Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic methanotroph isolated from an oil sands tailings pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2499-2508. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 7949