Name: Methylophaga sulfidovorans de Zwart et al. 1998
Etymology: sul.fi.do.vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. sulfidovorans, sulfide-devouring
Type strain: CIP 105175; DSM 11578; JCM 21498; LMD 95.210; NBRC 102423; RB 1
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16S rRNA gene: X95461 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: de Zwart JMM, Nelisse PN, Kuenen JG. Isolation and characterization of Methylophaga sulfidovorans sp. nov.: an obligately methylotrophic, aerobic, dimethylsulfide oxidizing bacterium from microbial mat. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 1996; 20:261-270.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Methylophaga Janvier et al. 1985
Assigned by: de Zwart JMM, Nelisse PN, Kuenen JG. Isolation and characterization of Methylophaga sulfidovorans sp. nov.: an obligately methylotrophic, aerobic, dimethylsulfide oxidizing bacterium from microbial mat. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 1996; 20:261-270.
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Record number: 778000