Name: Methylomonas scandinavica Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: scan.di.na’vi.ca. N.L. fem. adj. scandinavica, pertaining to Scandinavia (isolated from groundwater of the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory tunnel, southeastern Sweden)

Pronunciation, gender: skan-di-NA-wi-ka, feminine

Type strain: SR5

16S rRNA gene: AJ131369 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Khmelenina VN, Kotelnikova S, Holmquist L, Pedersen K, Trotsenko YA. Methylomonas scandinavica sp. nov., a new methanotrophic psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from deep igneous rock ground water of Sweden. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:565-572.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 74. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:949-950.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The strain VKM B-2140, cited in the Validation List no. 74, does not appear in the VKM catalogue. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 74. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:949-950.

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

Assigned by: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Khmelenina VN, Kotelnikova S, Holmquist L, Pedersen K, Trotsenko YA. Methylomonas scandinavica sp. nov., a new methanotrophic psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from deep igneous rock ground water of Sweden. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:565-572.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/methylomonas-scandinavicaCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 784255