Methyloligotropha calcicola sp. nov.
Submitted by Knudsen, Kalinka
Order Methyloligotrophales
- Etymology
- [Me.thy.lo.li.go.tro.pha'les] N.L. fem. n. Methyloligotropha, referring to the type genus Methyloligotropha; -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methyloligotrophales, the Methyloligotropha order
- Nomenclatural type
- Genus Methyloligotropha
- Description
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Putative atmospheric methanotrophs encoding USCg pmoA
- Classification
- Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » Methyloligotrophales
- References
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Effective publication:
Bay et al., 2025 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:55813
Family Methyloligotrophaceae
- Etymology
- [Me.thy.lo.li.go.tro.pha'ce.ae] N.L. fem. n. Methyloligotropha, referring to the type genus Methyloligotropha; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methyloligotrophaceae, the Methyloligotropha family
- Nomenclatural type
- Genus Methyloligotropha
- Description
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Putative atmospheric methanotroph
- Classification
- Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » Methyloligotrophales » Methyloligotrophaceae
- References
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Effective publication:
Bay et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Bay et al., 2025 [1] - Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:55812
Genus Methyloligotropha
- Etymology
- [Me.thy.lo.li.go.tro'pha] N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl group; Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, few; Gr. fem. n. trophos, feeder, rearer, that which nourishes ; N.L. fem. n. Methyloligotropha, an oligotrophic methyl-using bacterium
- Nomenclatural type
- Species Methyloligotropha calcicolaTs
- Description
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Putative atmospheric methanotroph. An oligotrophic methyl-using bacterium.
- Classification
- Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » Methyloligotrophales » Methyloligotrophaceae » Methyloligotropha
- References
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Effective publication:
Bay et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Bay et al., 2025 [1] - Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:55810
Species Methyloligotropha calcicolaTs
- Etymology
- [cal.ci'co.la] L. fem. n. calx, chalk ; L. fem. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; N.L. fem. n. calcicola, dweller of the limestone cave
- Nomenclatural type
- NCBI Assembly: GCA_050740455.1 Ts
- Description
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Putative atmospheric methanotroph inhabiting limestone caves
- Classification
- Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Gammaproteobacteria » Methyloligotrophales » Methyloligotrophaceae » Methyloligotropha » Methyloligotropha calcicolaTs
- References
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Effective publication:
Bay et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Bay et al., 2025 [1] - Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:55811
References
- Bay et al. (2025). Microbial aerotrophy enables continuous primary production in diverse cave ecosystems. Nature Communications. DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-65209-w
Register List Certificate of Validation
On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:d_am3p8c submitted by Knudsen, Kalinka and including 4 new names has been successfully validated.
Date of Priority:
2026-06-16 06:48 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:d_am3p8c
