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Genus Methylobrevis
Name: Methylobrevis Poroshina et al. 2015
Etymology: Me.thy.lo’bre.vis. French masc. n. méthyle, the methyl radical; L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short, referring to short cells; N.L. masc. n. Methylobrevis, methyl-using short rods
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methylobrev-), me-thy-LO-bre-wis
Type species: Methylobrevis pamukkalensis Poroshina et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Poroshina MN, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV. Methylobrevis pamukkalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from saline water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1321-1327. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Poroshina et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006.
Publication:
Poroshina MN, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV. Methylobrevis pamukkalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from saline water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1321-1327.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 1; KCTC: 1; VKM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Poroshina et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006.
Publication:
Poroshina MN, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV. Methylobrevis pamukkalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from saline water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1321-1327.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Methylobrevis albus Zou et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Methylobrevis pamukkalensis Poroshina et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pleomorphomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Record number: 518703
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