Name: Methanolinea tarda Imachi et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tar’da. L. fem. adj. tarda, slow, referring to its slow growth

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16494; JCM 12467; NBRC 102358; NOBI-1

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16S rRNA gene: AB162774 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ohashi A, Harada H. Methanolinea tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:294-301.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanolinea Imachi et al. 2008. Publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ohashi A, Harada H. Methanolinea tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:294-301.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanolinea Imachi et al. 2008

Assigned by: Imachi H, Sakai S, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ohashi A, Harada H. Methanolinea tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:294-301.

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