Previously published phylogenetic studies of 16S rRNA showed that methylotrophic, slightly halophilic, methanogenic strain GS-16T (T = type strain) represents a new species of bacterium. We propose the name Methanolobus taylorii for this species; strain GS-16 is the type strain.
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