Methylibium

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Methylibium

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylibium petroleiphilum Nakatsu et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. n. methyl, the methyl radical, the methyl group; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Methylibium, referring to methylotroph.
Reference: NAKATSU (C.H.), HRISTOVA (K.), HANADA (S.), MENG (X.Y.), HANSON (J.R.), SCOW (K.M.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Methylibium petroleiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph of the Betaproteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 983-989.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006 emend. Yoon et al. 2007.
Type species: ¤ Methylibium petroleiphilum Nakatsu et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. n. methyl, the methyl radical, the methyl group; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Methylibium, referring to methylotroph.
Reference: YOON (M.H.), TEN (L.N.), IM (W.T.) and LEE (S.T.): Methylibium fulvum sp. nov., a member of the Betaproteobacteria isolated from ginseng field soil, and emended description of the genus Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2062-2066.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006 emend. Stackebrandt et al. 2009.
Type species: ¤ Methylibium petroleiphilum Nakatsu et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. n. methyl, the methyl radical, the methyl group; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Methylibium, referring to methylotroph.
Reference: STACKEBRANDT (E.), VERBARG (S.), FRÜHLING (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2552-2560.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylibium aquaticum Song and Cho 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IMCC1728 = DSM 19915 = KCCM 42364 = NBRC 102349.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ664244.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living in water, aquatic.
Reference: SONG (J.) and CHO (J.C.): Methylibium aquaticum sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a eutrophic freshwater pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2125-2128.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Piscinibacter aquaticus (Song and Cho 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009, comb. nov.

Methylibium fulvum Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gsoil 322 = DSM 19916 = KCTC 12591 = LMG 23394.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB245356.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. fulvum, deep yellow, gold-coloured.
Reference: YOON (M.H.), TEN (L.N.), IM (W.T.) and LEE (S.T.): Methylibium fulvum sp. nov., a member of the Betaproteobacteria isolated from ginseng field soil, and emended description of the genus Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2062-2066.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Rhizobacter fulvus (Yoon et al. 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009, comb. nov.

Methylibium petroleiphilum Nakatsu et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PM1 = ATCC BAA-1232 = LMG 22953.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF176594.
Etymology: Gr. n. petra, stone, rock; L. n. oleum, oil; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. petroleiphilum, petrol loving.
Reference: NAKATSU (C.H.), HRISTOVA (K.), HANADA (S.), MENG (X.Y.), HANSON (J.R.), SCOW (K.M.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Methylibium petroleiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph of the Betaproteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 983-989.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Methylibium petroleiphilum Nakatsu et al. 2006 emend. Stackebrandt et al. 2009.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PM1 = ATCC BAA-1232 = LMG 22953.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF176594.
Etymology: Gr. n. petra, stone, rock; L. n. oleum, oil; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. petroleiphilum, petrol loving.
Reference: STACKEBRANDT (E.), VERBARG (S.), FRÜHLING (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2552-2560.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylibium subsaxonicum Stackebrandt et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BF49 = CIP 109700 = DSM 19570.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM774413.
Etymology: L. prep. sub, low, below, under; N.L. adj. saxonicus -a -um, pertaining to Saxony; N.L. neut. adj. subsaxonicum, pertaining to Lower Saxony, a state of Germany.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 122. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1511-1512. [STACKEBRANDT (E.), FRÜHLING (A.), COUSIN (S.), BRAMBILLA (E.), LÜNSDORF (H.) and VERBARG (S.): Methylibium subsaxonicum spec. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a hardwater rivulet. Curr. Microbiol. 2008, 56, 298-305.]
Validation List N° 122 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> ¤ Rivibacter subsaxonicus (Stackebrandt et al. 2008) Stackebrandt et al. 2009, comb. nov.