Name: Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans Kim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.i.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. part. adj. aminisulfidivorans, amine-sulfide-devouring, amine-sulfide-utilizing

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 = 7).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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