Species "Zymosarcina methanica"

Name: "Zymosarcina methanica" Smit 1930

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tha’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. methanica, pertaining to methane

Pronunciation, gender: me-THA-ni-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: not cultivated

Original publication: Smit J. Die Garungssarcinen. Eine Monographie. Pflanzenforschung 1930; 14:1-59.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: Methanosarcina methanica (Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: "Zymosarcina" Smit 1930

Assigned by: Smit J. Die Garungssarcinen. Eine Monographie. Pflanzenforschung 1930; 14:1-59.

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Record number: 4490
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