Methylocella

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

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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").

Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylocella palustris Dedysh et al. 2000.
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. n. cella, a chamber, a cell; N.L. n. Methylocella, methyl-using cell.
Reference: DEDYSH (S.N.), LIESACK (W.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), SUZINA (N.E.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), SEMRAU (J.D.), BARES (A.M.), PANIKOV (N.S.) and TIEDJE (J.M.): Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 955-969.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000 emend. Dunfield et al. 2003.
Type species: ¤ Methylocella palustris Dedysh et al. 2000.
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. n. cella, a chamber, a cell; N.L. n. Methylocella, methyl-using cell.
Reference: DUNFIELD (P.F.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), SUZINA (N.E.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Methylocella silvestris sp. nov., a novel methanotroph isolated from an acidic forest cambisol. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1231-1239.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Methylocella Dedysh et al. 2000 emend. Dedysh et al. 2004.
Type species: ¤ Methylocella palustris Dedysh et al. 2000.
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. n. cella, a chamber, a cell; N.L. n. Methylocella, methyl-using cell.
Reference: DEDYSH (S.N.), BERESTOVSKAYA (Y.Y.), VASYLIEVA (L.V.), BELOVA (S.E.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), SUZINA (N.E.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), LIESACK (W.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 151-156.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylocella palustris Dedysh et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain K = ATCC 700799.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y17144.
Etymology: L. adj. paluster -tris -tre, marshy, of the marsh or bog, which lives in the swamps; L. fem. adj. palustris, which lives in the swamps.
Reference: DEDYSH (S.N.), LIESACK (W.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), SUZINA (N.E.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), SEMRAU (J.D.), BARES (A.M.), PANIKOV (N.S.) and TIEDJE (J.M.): Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 955-969.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylocella silvestris Dunfield et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BL2 = DSM 15510 = NCIMB 13906.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ491847.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. silvestris, of the forest.
Reference: DUNFIELD (P.F.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), SUZINA (N.E.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Methylocella silvestris sp. nov., a novel methanotroph isolated from an acidic forest cambisol. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1231-1239.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylocella tundrae Dedysh et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain T4 = DSM 15673 = NCIMB 13949.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ555244.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. tundra, the tundra; N.L. gen. n. tundrae, of the tundra.
Reference: DEDYSH (S.N.), BERESTOVSKAYA (Y.Y.), VASYLIEVA (L.V.), BELOVA (S.E.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), SUZINA (N.E.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), LIESACK (W.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 151-156.
Original article in IJSEM Online