Methylosinus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Methylosinus (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Methylosinus trichosporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993.
Synonym: "Methylosinus" Whittenbury et al. 1970.
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 to the methyl radical; L. masc. n. sinus, a bent surface, curve; N.L. masc. n. Methylosinus, methyl bender.
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

Note: The names of the original authors and the year of publication are Whittenbury, Phillips and Wilkinson 1970 (J. Gen. Microbiol., 1970, 61, 205-218) not Romanovskaia, Malashenko and Bogachenko (Mikrobiologiia, 1978, 47, 120-130) as cited in the paper by Bowman et al. 1993.

Methylosinus sporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ACM 3306 = ATCC 35069 = NCIMB 11126 = UNIQEM 60.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y18946.
Synonym: "Methylosinus sporium" Whittenbury et al. 1970.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. spora, seed (in biology, a spore); N.L. neut. n. sporium, spore-former.
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

Methylosinus trichosporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain OB3b = ACM 3311 = ATCC 35070 = NCIMB 11131 = UNIQEM 75 = VKM B-2117.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y18947.
Synonym: "Methylosinus trichosporium" Whittenbury et al. 1970.
Etymology: Gr. n. thrix trichos, hair; Gr. fem. n. spora, seed (in biology, a spore); N.L. neut. n. trichosporium, hair spore-former.
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