Name: Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans Kim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.ni.sul.fi.di’vo.rans. N.L. fem. n. amina, the amine group; N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. fem. part. adj. aminisulfidivorans, amine-sulfide-devouring, amine-sulfide-utilizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-mi-ni-sul-fi-DI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: JCM 14647; KCTC 12909; MP; VKM B-2441

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16S rRNA gene: DQ463161 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim HG, Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Kim SW. Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans sp. nov., a restricted facultatively methylotrophic marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2096-2101. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.31913 (N = 8).
  • 😷 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 18 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylophaga Janvier et al. 1985

Assigned by: Kim HG, Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Kim SW. Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans sp. nov., a restricted facultatively methylotrophic marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2096-2101. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786712