Name: Methylomicrobium Bowman et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.mi.cro.bi.um. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group; from French masc. n. méthyle; from French masc. n. méthylène; from Gr. neut. n. methy, wine; from Gr. fem. n. hylê, wood; N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl radical; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Methylomicrobium, methyl microbe

Gender: neuter (stem: Methylomicrobi-)

Type species: Methylomicrobium agile (Bowman et al. 1993 ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1995

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Stackebrandt E. The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:182-185.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Stackebrandt E. The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:182-185.

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Record number: 516066
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