Name: "Methylokorus infernorum" Dunfield et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fer.no’rum. L. gen. pl. n. infernorum, of infernal regions

Type strain: V4

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16S rRNA gene: EU223931 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dunfield PF, Yuryev A, Senin P, Smirnova AV, Stott MB, Hou S, Ly B, Saw JH, Zhou Z, Ren Y, et al. Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Nature 2007; 450:879-882.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum infernorum" Op den Camp et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum infernorum" Op den Camp et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum infernorum" Hou et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Parent taxon: [Methylokorus]

Assigned by: Dunfield PF, Yuryev A, Senin P, Smirnova AV, Stott MB, Hou S, Ly B, Saw JH, Zhou Z, Ren Y, et al. Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Nature 2007; 450:879-882.

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Record number: 984