Name: "Methylomonas rubra" Romanovskaya et al. 1978

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’bra. L. fem. adj. rubra, red, referring to the red pigmentation of the strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … RU-bra, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 15sh; ACM 3303; NCIMB 11913; UCM B-3075

16S rRNA gene: AF304194 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Romanovskaia VA, Malashenko IuR, Bogachenko VN. [Refinement of the diagnosis of the genera and species of methane-using bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1978; 47:120-130.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Methylomonas rubra" Romanovskaya et al. 2006

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

Assigned by: Romanovskaia VA, Malashenko IuR, Bogachenko VN. [Refinement of the diagnosis of the genera and species of methane-using bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1978; 47:120-130.

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Record number: 43021
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