Genus Methylorosula
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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).
Methylorosula Berestovskaya et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylorosula polaris Berestovskaya et al. 2012.
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. fem. n. rosula, a little rose; N.L. fem. n. Methylorosula, methyl-using forming rosette cells.
Valid publication: BERESTOVSKAYA (J.J.), KOTSYURBENKO (O.R.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), DORONINA (N.V.), GOLYSHIN (P.N.) and VASILYEVA (L.V.): Methylorosula polaris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic psychrotolerant bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 638-646.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methylorosula polaris Berestovskaya et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) V-022 = V22 = DSM 22001 = VKM V-2485.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU586035.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. polaris, polar, referring to the geographical zone in Northern Russia, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: BERESTOVSKAYA (J.J.), KOTSYURBENKO (O.R.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), DORONINA (N.V.), GOLYSHIN (P.N.) and VASILYEVA (L.V.): Methylorosula polaris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic psychrotolerant bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 638-646.
Original article in IJSEM Online