WoRMS taxon details
Petrotoga mexicana Miranda-Tello, Fardeau, Thomas, Ramirez, Casalot, Cayol, Garcia & Ollivier, 2004
422819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422819)
accepted
Species
marine
Miranda-Tello, E.; Fardeau, M. L.; Thomas, P.; Ramirez, F.; Casalot, L.; Cayol, J. L.; Garcia, J.L. & Ollivier, B. (2004). Petrotoga mexicana sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an oil-producing well in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY.</em> 54(1): 169-174., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02702-0 [details] Available for editors 
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WoRMS (2026). Petrotoga mexicana Miranda-Tello, Fardeau, Thomas, Ramirez, Casalot, Cayol, Garcia & Ollivier, 2004. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422819 on 2026-07-15
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Miranda-Tello, E.; Fardeau, M. L.; Thomas, P.; Ramirez, F.; Casalot, L.; Cayol, J. L.; Garcia, J.L. & Ollivier, B. (2004). Petrotoga mexicana sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an oil-producing well in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY.</em> 54(1): 169-174., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02702-0 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Chistoserdov, A. Y. 2009. Prokaryotic Microbes (Archaea and Bacteria, Excluding Cyanobacteria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 15–45 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station [details]
[request]basis of record Chistoserdov, A. Y. 2009. Prokaryotic Microbes (Archaea and Bacteria, Excluding Cyanobacteria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 15–45 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Environment Isolated from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico [details]
