Name: Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)
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: masculine (stem: Methylobacill-)
Type species: Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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Record number: 516058