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:
Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.
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Record number: 516058