Name: Methylomusa anaerophila Amano et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ae.ro’phi.la. Gr. pref. an-, non-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, friend to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. anaerophila, not air-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 31821; KCTC 15592; MMFC1

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16S rRNA gene: LC203074 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amano N, Yamamuro A, Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Abe T, Watanabe K. Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1118-1122.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylomusa Amano et al. 2018. Publication: Amano N, Yamamuro A, Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Abe T, Watanabe K. Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1118-1122.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylomusa Amano et al. 2018

Assigned by: Amano N, Yamamuro A, Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Abe T, Watanabe K. Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1118-1122.

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