Name: Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.ba.cil’lus. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl radical; from French masc. n. méthyle; from French masc. n. méthylène; from Gr. neut. n. methy, wine; from Gr. fem. n. hylê, wood; N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Methylobacillus, methyl rodlet

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methylobacill-), me-t^hy-lo-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yordy JR, Weaver TL. Methylobacillus: a new genus of obligately methylotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:247-255.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Urakami and Komagata 1986 Urakami T, Komagata K. Emendation of Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977, a genus of methanol-utilizing bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:502-511.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mcthylobacillus"; "Methyfobacillus"; "Metliglobacillus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Agafonova et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 7; DSM: 6; CCUG: 4; NCIMB: 3; JCM: 3; ATCC: 2; LMG: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MLBC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylobacillus arboreus Gogleva et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus caricis Agafonova et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus flagellatus Govorukhina et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus gramineus Gogleva et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus methanolivorans Kaparullina et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus pratensis Doronina et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methylophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Methylophilaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 770.

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