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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Thiohalorhabdus methylotropha

Name: Thiohalorhabdus methylotropha Sorokin et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.thy.lo’tro.pha. N.L. neut. n. methylum, methyl radical; N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl radical; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeds; N.L. fem. adj. methylotropha, methyl-consuming

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-thy-LO-tro-pha, feminine

Type strain: Cl-TMA; JCM 35977; UQM 41915

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16S rRNA gene: PQ638356 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Gebbe W, Kalyuzhnaya MG. Thiohalorhabdus methylotropha sp. nov., an extremely halophilic autotrophic methylotiotroph from hypersaline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126602. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Thiohalorhabdus Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Gebbe W, Kalyuzhnaya MG. Thiohalorhabdus methylotropha sp. nov., an extremely halophilic autotrophic methylotiotroph from hypersaline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126602. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 62837
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