Name: Methanofollis fontis Chen et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon’tis. L. gen. masc. n. fontis, of a spring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FON-tis, masculine

Type strain: BCRC AR10052; DSM 107935; FWC-SCC2; NBRC 113164; SCC 2

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16S rRNA gene: MG437305 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen SC, Teng NH, Lin YS, Lai MC, Chen HH, Wang CC. Methanofollis fontis sp. nov., a methanogen isolated from marine sediment near a cold seep at Four-Way Closure Ridge offshore southwestern Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5497-5502. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999

Assigned by: Chen SC, Teng NH, Lin YS, Lai MC, Chen HH, Wang CC. Methanofollis fontis sp. nov., a methanogen isolated from marine sediment near a cold seep at Four-Way Closure Ridge offshore southwestern Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5497-5502. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 14074