Name: Methylohalobius crimeensis Heyer et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cri.me.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. crimeensis, pertaining to Crimea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 10Ki; ATCC BAA-967; DSM 16011

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ581837 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Heyer J, Berger U, Hardt M, Dunfield PF. Methylohalobius crimeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, methanotrophic bacterium isolated from hypersaline lakes of Crimea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1817-1826.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylohalobius Heyer et al. 2005. Publication: Heyer J, Berger U, Hardt M, Dunfield PF. Methylohalobius crimeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, methanotrophic bacterium isolated from hypersaline lakes of Crimea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1817-1826.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylohalobius Heyer et al. 2005

Assigned by: Heyer J, Berger U, Hardt M, Dunfield PF. Methylohalobius crimeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, methanotrophic bacterium isolated from hypersaline lakes of Crimea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1817-1826.

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Record number: 777995