Methylomonas

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984.
Synonym: "Methylomonas" Leadbetter 1974.
Other synonym: "Methamonas" Orla-Jensen 1909.
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. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Methylomonas, methyl monad or methyl unit.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [WHITTENBURY (R.) and KRIEG (N.R.): Family Methylococcaceae. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, pp. 256-261.]
Validation List N° 15 in IJSEM Online

---> Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993.
Type species: ¤ Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984.
Synonym: "Methylomonas" Leadbetter 1974.
Other synonym: "Methamonas" Orla-Jensen 1909.
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. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Methylomonas, methyl monad or methyl unit.
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and HAYWARD (A.C.): 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylomonas aurantiaca Bowman et al. 1990, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JB103 = UQM 3406.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X72776.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange-colored.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 35. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 470-471. [BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), COX (J.M.) and HAYWARD (A.C.): Methylomonas fodinarum sp. nov. and Methylomonas aurantiaca sp. nov.: two closely related type I obligate methanogens. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1990, 13, 279-286.]
Validation List N° 35 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Methylomonas fodinarum Bowman et al. 1990, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LD2 = UQM 3268.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X72778.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. fodinarum, of mines, of coal mines.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 35. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 470-471. [BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), COX (J.M.) and HAYWARD (A.C.): Methylomonas fodinarum sp. nov. and Methylomonas aurantiaca sp. nov.: two closely related type I obligate methanogens. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1990, 13, 279-286.]
Validation List N° 35 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 35067 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 11130 = UNIQEM 8 = VKM B-2110.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF304196.
Synonyms: "Bacillus methanicus" Söhngen 1906, "Methamonas methanica" (Söhngen 1906) Orla-Jensen 1909, "Pseudomonas methanica" (Söhngen 1906) Krasil'nikov 1949, "Pseudomonas methanica" (Söhngen 1906) sensu Dworkin and Foster 1956, not "Pseudomonas methanica" sensu Harrington and Kallio 1960, "Methylomonas methanica" (Söhngen 1906) Leadbetter 1974.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum, methane; L. fem. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. methanica, related to or associated with methane.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [WHITTENBURY (R.) and KRIEG (N.R.): Family Methylococcaceae. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, pp. 256-261.]
Validation List N° 15 in IJSEM Online

Methylomonas pelagica Sieburth et al. 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain AA-23 = ACM 3505 = NCIMB 2265.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X72775.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pelagica, of or belonging to the sea.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 24. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 136-137. [SIEBURTH (J.M.), JOHNSON (P.W.), EBERHARDT (M.A.), SIERACKI (M.E.), LIDSTROM (M.) and LAUX (D.): The first methane-oxiding bacterium from the upper mixing layer of the deep ocean: Methylomonas pelagica sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol., 1987, 14, 285-293.]
Validation List N° 24 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> ¤ Methylobacter pelagicus (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1993, comb. nov.

---> ¤ Methylomicrobium pelagicum (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1995, comb. nov.

Methylomonas scandinavica Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SR5.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ131369.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. scandinavica, pertaining to Scandinavia (isolated from groundwater of the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory tunnel, southeastern Sweden).
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 74. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 949-950. [KALYUZHNAYA (M.G.), KHMELENINA (V.N.), KOTELNIKOVA (S.), HOLMQUIST (L.), PEDERSEN (K.) and TROTSENKO (Y.A.): Methylomonas scandinavica sp. nov., a new methanotrophic psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from deep igneous rock ground water of Sweden. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1999, 22, 565-572.]
Validation List N° 74 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format) - Effective publication Online

Note: The strain VKM B-2140, cited in the Validation List n° 74, does not appear in the VKM catalogue.