Methylocaldum

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Methylocaldum Bodrossy et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylocaldum szegediense Bodrossy et al. 1998.
Etymology: N.L. n. methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood), the methyl group; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. adj. caldus -a -um, hot; N.L. neut. n. Methylocaldum, heat-loving methylotroph.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632. [BODROSSY (L.), HOLMES (E.M.), HOLMES (A.J.), KOVÁCS (K.L.) and MURRELL (J.C.): Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 493-503.]
Validation List N° 66 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Methylocaldum gracile (ex Romanovskaya et al. 1978) Bodrossy et al. 1998, nom. rev., comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain NCIMB 11912 = VKM-14L.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U89298.
Synonym: "Methylomonas gracilis" Romanovskaya et al. 1978.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. gracile, slender, thin.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632. [BODROSSY (L.), HOLMES (E.M.), HOLMES (A.J.), KOVÁCS (K.L.) and MURRELL (J.C.): Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 493-503.]
Validation List N° 66 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: In Validation List N° 66, the type strain VKM-14L is erroneously cited as 14L.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylocaldum szegediense Bodrossy et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain OR2 (deposited in the NCIMB).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U89300.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. szegediense, pertaining to the town of Szeged.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632. [BODROSSY (L.), HOLMES (E.M.), HOLMES (A.J.), KOVÁCS (K.L.) and MURRELL (J.C.): Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 493-503.]
Validation List N° 66 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Methylocaldum tepidum Bodrossy et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LK6 (deposited in the NCIMB).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U89297.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. tepidum, moderately warm, lukewarm.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632. [BODROSSY (L.), HOLMES (E.M.), HOLMES (A.J.), KOVÁCS (K.L.) and MURRELL (J.C.): Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 493-503.]
Validation List N° 66 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online