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Methanosarcina mazei (Barker, 1936) Mah & Kuhn, 1986 
AphiaID: 573714

Classification: Biota > Archaea (Kingdom) > Euryarchaeota (Phylum) > Methanomicrobia (Class) > Methanosarcinales (Order) > Methanosarcinaceae (Family) > Methanosarcina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Methanosarcina (Kluyver & van Niel, 1936) emend. Barker, 1956
Source  basis of record: Mah, R.A., and Kuhn, D.A. "Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina naming it Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved Lists, 1980) with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved Lists, 1980) as the type species. Request for an opinion." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:263-265.  [details]

Environment marine
Link To GenBank (295 nucleotides; 342 proteins)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573714
Taxonomic
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2011-06-03 07:38:56Z  created  Trias Verbeeck, Aina
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Methanosarcina mazei (Barker, 1936) Mah & Kuhn, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573714 on 2013-06-19
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