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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methanocaldococcus lauensis

Name: Methanocaldococcus lauensis L'Haridon et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lau.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. lauensis, of or pertaining to Lau, referring to the deep-sea vents in the Lau basin in the south-western Pacific Ocean, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … la͡u-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 109608; JCM 39049; SG 7

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK602649 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: L'Haridon S, Goulaouic S, St John E, Fouteau S, Reysenbach AL. Methanocaldococcus lauensis sp. nov., a novel deep-sea hydrothermal vent hyperthermophilic methanogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5646. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

Assigned by: L'Haridon S, Goulaouic S, St John E, Fouteau S, Reysenbach AL. Methanocaldococcus lauensis sp. nov., a novel deep-sea hydrothermal vent hyperthermophilic methanogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5646. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 36087
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