Name: Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens Villeneuve et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du.cen.ti.cres’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; L. pres. part. crescens, growing; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducenticrescens, growing with the reduction of nitrate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2433; DSM 25689; JAM 1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU567814 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Villeneuve C, Martineau C, Mauffrey F, Villemur R. Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens sp. nov. and Methylophaga frappieri sp. nov., isolated from the biofilm of the methanol-fed denitrification system treating the seawater at the Montreal Biodome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2216-2222.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14553 (N = 7).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylophaga Janvier et al. 1985

Assigned by: Villeneuve C, Martineau C, Mauffrey F, Villemur R. Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens sp. nov. and Methylophaga frappieri sp. nov., isolated from the biofilm of the methanol-fed denitrification system treating the seawater at the Montreal Biodome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2216-2222.

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Record number: 790880