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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methylomonas rivi

Name: Methylomonas rivi Abin et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ri’vi. L. gen. masc. n. rivi, of a rivulet or creek, referring to the environment from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … RI-wi, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-251; DSM 112293; WSC-6

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16S rRNA gene: ON758928 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abin CA, Garner CT, Sankaranarayanan K, Sindelar RA, Kotary KF, Garner RM, Barclay SC, Cai H, Lawson PA, Krumholz LR. Methylomonas rivi sp. nov., Methylomonas rosea sp. nov., Methylomonas aurea sp. nov. and Methylomonas subterranea sp. nov., type I methane-oxidizing bacteria isolated from a freshwater creek and the deep terrestrial subsurface. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6506. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Abin CA, Garner CT, Sankaranarayanan K, Sindelar RA, Kotary KF, Garner RM, Barclay SC, Cai H, Lawson PA, Krumholz LR. Methylomonas rivi sp. nov., Methylomonas rosea sp. nov., Methylomonas aurea sp. nov. and Methylomonas subterranea sp. nov., type I methane-oxidizing bacteria isolated from a freshwater creek and the deep terrestrial subsurface. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6506. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 52771
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