Methylogaea

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Methylogaea

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Methylogaea Geymonat et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylogaea oryzae Geymonat et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. n. methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood), the methyl group; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; N.L. fem. n. Gaea, the mother goddess of the earth in Greek mythology; N.L. fem. n. Methylogaea, referring to the terrestrial origin of a methyl-using bacterium.
Reference: GEYMONAT (E.), FERRANDO (L.) and TARLERA (S.E.): Methylogaea oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic methanotroph isolated from a rice paddy field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2568-2572.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylogaea oryzae Geymonat et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain E10 = DSM 23452 = JCM 16910.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU672873.
Etymology: L. gen. n. oryzae, of rice, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a flooded rice field.
Reference: GEYMONAT (E.), FERRANDO (L.) and TARLERA (S.E.): Methylogaea oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic methanotroph isolated from a rice paddy field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2568-2572.
Original article in IJSEM Online