Name: "Methylomonas denitrificans" Kits et al. 2015
Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying, the name referring to its ability to reduce nitrate to nitrous oxide
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Original publication: Kits KD, Klotz MG, Stein LY. Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the Gammaproteobacterium Methylomonas denitrificans, sp. nov. type strain FJG1. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:3219-3232.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Assigned by: Kits KD, Klotz MG, Stein LY. Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the Gammaproteobacterium Methylomonas denitrificans, sp. nov. type strain FJG1. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:3219-3232.
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Record number: 1553