Genus Methyloversatilis
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Methyloversatilis Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methyloversatilis universalis Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006.
Etymology: N. Gr. n. methyl (from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood), methyl radical; L. adj. versatilis, versatile; N.L. fem. n. Methyloversatilis, versatile methyl (utilizer), reflecting the versatile trophic abilities of the first isolates.
Valid publication: KALYUZHNAYA (M.G.), DE MARCO (P.), BOWERMAN (S.), PACHECO (C.C.), LARA (J.C.), LIDSTROM (M.E.) and CHISTOSERDOVA (L.): Methyloversatilis universalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel taxon within the Betaproteobacteria represented by three methylotrophic isolates. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2517-2522.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methyloversatilis discipulorum Smalley et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FAM1=JCM 30542=VKM = B-2888.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GCA_000527135.1.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: NZ_AZUP01000000.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. discipulorum, of students, named after all undergraduate students who contributed to the isolation and phenotypic characterization of the strains.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: SMALLEY, N. E., TAIPALE, S., DE MARCO, P., DORONINA, N. V., KYRPIDES, N., SHAPIRO, N., WOYKE, T. and KALYUZHNAYA, M. G. 2015. Functional and genomic diversity of methylotrophic Rhodocyclaceae: description of Methyloversatilis discipulorum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2227-2233.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methyloversatilis thermotolerans Doronina et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3t=VKM B-2692=CCUG 61694=DSM 25156.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC782839.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, tolerant of heat.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Reference: DORONINA, N. V., KAPARULLINA, E. N. and TROTSENKO, Y. A. 2014. Methyloversatilis thermotolerans sp. nov., a novel thermotolerant facultative methylotroph isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 158-164.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methyloversatilis universalis Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FAM5 = CCUG 52030 = JCM 13912.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ442273.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. universalis, universal, reflecting the ubiquitous distribution of the first isolates in the environment.
Valid publication: KALYUZHNAYA (M.G.), DE MARCO (P.), BOWERMAN (S.), PACHECO (C.C.), LARA (J.C.), LIDSTROM (M.E.) and CHISTOSERDOVA (L.): Methyloversatilis universalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel taxon within the Betaproteobacteria represented by three methylotrophic isolates. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2517-2522.
Original article in IJSEM Online