Genus Methyloferula
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
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.
Valid publication: 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 Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AR4 = DSM 22108 = LMG 25277 = VKM B-2543.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR686343.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. stellata, starry.
Valid publication: 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