Methyloferula

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Methyloferula Vorobev et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methyloferula stellata Vorobev et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. n. methylum, the methyl group (from French methyle, back-formation from French methylène, coined from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood); N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. fem. n. ferula, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Methyloferula, methyl-using rod.
Reference: VOROBEV (A.V.), BAANI (M.), DORONINA (N.V.), BRADY (A.L.), LIESACK (W.), DUNFIELD (P.F.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Methyloferula stellata gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, obligately methanotrophic bacterium that possesses only a soluble methane monooxygenase. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2456-2463.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methyloferula stellata Vorobev et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain AR4 = DSM 22108 = LMG 25277 = VKM B-2543.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR686343.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. stellata, starry.
Reference: VOROBEV (A.V.), BAANI (M.), DORONINA (N.V.), BRADY (A.L.), LIESACK (W.), DUNFIELD (P.F.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Methyloferula stellata gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, obligately methanotrophic bacterium that possesses only a soluble methane monooxygenase. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2456-2463.
Original article in IJSEM Online