Name: Methylocapsa palsarum Dedysh et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pal.sa’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. palsarum, of palsa bogs

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 29914; LMG 28715; NE2; VKM B-2945

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP715289 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dedysh SN, Didriksen A, Danilova OV, Belova SE, Liebner S, Svenning MM. Methylocapsa palsarum sp. nov., a methanotroph isolated from a subArctic discontinuous permafrost ecosystem. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3618-3624.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Methylocapsa Dedysh et al. 2002

Assigned by: Dedysh SN, Didriksen A, Danilova OV, Belova SE, Liebner S, Svenning MM. Methylocapsa palsarum sp. nov., a methanotroph isolated from a subArctic discontinuous permafrost ecosystem. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3618-3624.

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