Name: Methylosoma difficile Rahalkar et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dif.fi.ci’le. L. neut. adj. difficile, difficult, referring to difficulties in cultivating the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18750; JCM 14076; LC 2

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16S rRNA gene: DQ119050 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rahalkar M, Bussmann I, Schink B. Methylosoma difficile gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methanotroph enriched by gradient cultivation from littoral sediment of Lake Constance. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1073-1080.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylosoma Rahalkar et al. 2007. Publication: Rahalkar M, Bussmann I, Schink B. Methylosoma difficile gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methanotroph enriched by gradient cultivation from littoral sediment of Lake Constance. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1073-1080.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methylosoma Rahalkar et al. 2007

Assigned by: Rahalkar M, Bussmann I, Schink B. Methylosoma difficile gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methanotroph enriched by gradient cultivation from littoral sediment of Lake Constance. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1073-1080.

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