Methylobacillus

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

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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").

Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977, genus.
Type species: ¤ Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980).
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 radical; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Methylobacillus, methyl rodlet.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [YORDY (J.R.) and WEAVER (T.L.): Methylobacillus: a new genus of obligately methylotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 247-255.]

---> Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami and Komagata 1986.
Type species: ¤ Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami and Komagata 1986.
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 radical; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Methylobacillus, methyl rodlet.
Reference: URAKAMI (T.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Emendation of Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977, a genus of methanol-utilizing bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 502-511.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylobacillus flagellatus Govorukhina et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KT = ATCC 51484 = DSM 6875 = VKM B-1610.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ287787.
Etymology: L. n. flagellum, a whip; L. masc. suff. -atus, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. masc. adj. flagellatus, flagellated.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 66. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 631-632. [GOVORUKHINA (N.I.), KLETSOVA (L.V.), TSYGANKOV (Yu.D.) TROTSENKO (Yu.A.) and NETRUSOV (A.I.): Characteristics of a new obligate methylotroph. Mikrobiologiya, 1987, 56, 849-854 (in Russian).]
Validation List N° 66 in IJSEM Online

Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TK 0113 = Yordy and Weaver T-11 = ATCC 29475 = DSM 5685 = JCM 2850 = LMG 6082 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 11375 = VKM B-2060.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR733701.
Etymology: Gr. adj. glûkus, sweet; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), producing; N.L. masc. adj. glycogenes, sweet-producing, intended to mean sugarproducing, glycogen-producing.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [YORDY (J.R.) and WEAVER (T.L.): Methylobacillus: a new genus of obligately methylotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1977, 27, 247-255.]

---> Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami and Komagata 1986.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TK 0113 = Yordy and Weaver T-11 = ATCC 29475 = DSM 5685 = JCM 2850 = LMG 6082 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 11375 = VKM B-2060.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR733701.
Etymology: Gr. adj. glûkus, sweet; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), producing; N.L. masc. adj. glycogenes, sweet-producing, intended to mean sugarproducing, glycogen-producing.
Reference: URAKAMI (T.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Emendation of Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977, a genus of methanol-utilizing bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 502-511.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methylobacillus pratensis Doronina et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain F31 = NCIMB 13994 = VKM B-2247.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY298905.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pratensis, growing or found in meadows.
Reference: DORONINA (N.V.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), TOUROVA (T.P.) and SALKINOJA-SALONEN (M.S.): Methylobacillus pratensis sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented, aerobic, obligately methylotrophic bacterium isolated from meadow grass. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1453-1457.
Original article in IJSEM Online