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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Methylobacterium terrae"

Name: "Methylobacterium terrae" Kim et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the soil

Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 17Sr1-28; KCTC 52904; NBRC 112879

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16S rRNA gene: KY939566 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kim J, Chhetri G, Kim I, Kim H, Kim MK, Seo T. Methylobacterium terrae sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from gamma ray-irradiated soil. J Microbiol 2019; 57:959-966.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kim J, Chhetri G, Kim I, Kim H, Kim MK, Seo T. Methylobacterium terrae sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from gamma ray-irradiated soil. J Microbiol 2019; 57:959-966.

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Record number: 1453
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