Taxon Profile: Methanogenium frigidum

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
117915
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Archaea
Phylum
Euryarchaeota
Class
Methanomicrobia
Order
Methanomicrobiales
Family
Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus
Methanogenium
Taxon

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Franzmann, P.D., Liu, Y., Balkwill, D.L., Aldrich, H.C., Macario, E.C. and Boone, D.R. (1997) Methanogenium frigidum sp. nov., a psychrophilic, H2-using methanogen from Ace Lake, Antarctica International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47 1068-1072. Source is Nisc

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen 		Ace Lake, Vestfold Hills

Reference: - Franzmann, P.D., Liu, Y., Balkwill, D.L., Aldrich, H.C., Macario, E.C. and Boone, D.R. (1997) Methanogenium frigidum sp. nov., a psychrophilic, H2-using methanogen from Ace Lake, Antarctica International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47 1068-1072. Source is Nisc