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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Methylocystis methanolicus"

Name: "Methylocystis methanolicus" Gal'chenko et al. 1977

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tha.no’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. methanolicus, relating to methanol

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-thy-lo-KYS-tis me-tha-NO-li-kus, feminine

Original publication: Gal'chenko VF, Shishkina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko IuA. [Isolation and properties of new strains of obligate methanotrophs]. Mikrobiologiia 1977; 46:890-897.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methylocystis (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Gal'chenko VF, Shishkina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko IuA. [Isolation and properties of new strains of obligate methanotrophs]. Mikrobiologiia 1977; 46:890-897.

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Record number: 3100

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