Name: Methylomicrobium Bowman et al. 1995
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
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methylomicrobium agile (Bowman et al. 1993 ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methylomicrobium album (Bowman et al. 1993 ex Whittenbury 1970) Bowman et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Methylomicrobium buryatense" Kaluzhnaya et al. 2001 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methylomicrobium japanense Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methylomicrobium kenyense Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methylomicrobium lacus (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005) Orata et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methylomicrobium pelagicum (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
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