Name: Methylosinus (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Me.thyl.o.si’nus. N.L. neut. n. methyl, methyl group; L. masc. n. sinus, bend (also genitive); N.L. masc. n. Methylosinus, methyl bender

Gender: masculine (stem: Methylosin-)

Type species: Methylosinus trichosporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Mcthylosinus"; "Mehylosinus"; "Methvlosinus"; "Methyfosinus"; "Methyloalnus"; "Methylosimis"; "Methylostinus"; "Methyosinus".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10074 (N = 17).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; NCIMB: 2; DSM: 1; VKM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MLSN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • The names of the original authors and the year of publication are Whittenbury, Phillips and Wilkinson 1970 (J. Gen. Microbiol., 1970, 61, 205-218) not Romanovskaia, Malashenko and Bogachenko (Mikrobiologiia, 1978, 47, 120-130) as cited in the paper by Bowman et al. 1993. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methylosinus pucelana" Moreira et al. 2006	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Methylosinus sporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylosinus trichosporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methylocystaceae Bowman 2006

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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