Name: Methylocapsa Dedysh et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.cap’sa. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl group; L. fem. n. capsa, a cover or capsule (receptacle, container); N.L. fem. n. Methylocapsa, methyl-using cell covered by a capsule

Gender: feminine (stem: Methylocaps-)

Type species: Methylocapsa acidiphila Dedysh et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dedysh SN, Khmelenina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Semrau JD, Liesack W, Tiedje JM. Methylocapsa acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methane-oxidizing and dinitrogen-fixing acidophilic bacterium from Sphagnum bog. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:251-261.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Dunfield et al. 2010 Dunfield PF, Belova SE, Vorob'ev AV, Cornish SL, Dedysh SN. Methylocapsa aurea sp. nov., a facultative methanotroph possessing a particulate methane monooxygenase, and emended description of the genus Methylocapsa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2659-2664. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dedysh et al. (2015). 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: DSM: 3; VKM: 2; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylocapsa acidiphila Dedysh et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylocapsa aurea Dunfield et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methylocapsa gorgona" Tveit et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Methylocapsa palsarum Dedysh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VI. Beijerinckiaceae 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. 422.

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