Name: Methyloceanibacter methanicus Vekeman et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tha.ni.cus. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjective forming suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. methanicus, related to or associated with methane

Gender: masculine

Type strain: LMG 29429; NCIMB 15078; R-67174

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16S rRNA gene: LPWG01000011 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vekeman B, Kerckhof FM, Cremers G, de Vos P, Vandamme P, Boon N, Op den Camp HJ, Heylen K. New Methyloceanibacter diversity from North Sea sediments includes methanotroph containing solely the soluble methane monooxygenase. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:4523-4536.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methyloceanibacter Takeuchi et al. 2014

Assigned by: Vekeman B, Kerckhof FM, Cremers G, de Vos P, Vandamme P, Boon N, Op den Camp HJ, Heylen K. New Methyloceanibacter diversity from North Sea sediments includes methanotroph containing solely the soluble methane monooxygenase. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:4523-4536.

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Record number: 797977