Name: "Candidatus Methyloacida kamchatkensis" Islam et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: kam.chat.ken’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kamchatkensis, referring to Kamchatka

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 30608; kam1; KCTC 4682

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16S rRNA gene: EF127896 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Islam T, Jensen S, Reigstad LJ, Larsen O, Birkeland NK. Methane oxidation at 55 degrees C and pH 2 by a thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:300-304.

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" Erikstad et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense" Op den Camp et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense Ratnadevi et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methyloacida" Islam et al. 2008. Publication: Islam T, Jensen S, Reigstad LJ, Larsen O, Birkeland NK. Methane oxidation at 55 degrees C and pH 2 by a thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:300-304.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methyloacida" Islam et al. 2008

Assigned by: Islam T, Jensen S, Reigstad LJ, Larsen O, Birkeland NK. Methane oxidation at 55 degrees C and pH 2 by a thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:300-304.

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Record number: 1104