Name: Methylobacter tundripaludum Wartiainen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tun.dri.pa.lu.dum. N.L. fem. n. tundra, treeless polar region with permanently frozen subsoil; L. fem. n. palus (gen. paludis), marsh; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. tundripaludum, of the tundra marshes

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1195; DSM 17260; SV96

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16S rRNA gene: AJ414655 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wartiainen I, Hestnes AG, McDonald IR, Svenning MM. Methylobacter tundripaludum sp. nov., a methane-oxidizing bacterium from Arctic wetland soil on the Svalbard islands, Norway (78 degrees N). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:109-113.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylobacter Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Wartiainen I, Hestnes AG, McDonald IR, Svenning MM. Methylobacter tundripaludum sp. nov., a methane-oxidizing bacterium from Arctic wetland soil on the Svalbard islands, Norway (78 degrees N). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:109-113.

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