Name: Methylocella tundrae Dedysh et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tun’drae. N.L. gen. fem. n. tundrae, from the tundra, the northern zone of Eurasia and North America

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15673; NCIMB 13949; T4

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16S rRNA gene: AJ555244 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dedysh SN, Berestovskaya YY, Vasylieva LV, Belova SE, Khmelenina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Liesack W, Zavarzin GA. Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:151-156.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000

Assigned by: Dedysh SN, Berestovskaya YY, Vasylieva LV, Belova SE, Khmelenina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Liesack W, Zavarzin GA. Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:151-156.

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Record number: 777992