Name: Methylocucumis Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.cu’cu.mis. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group; L. masc. n. cucumis, cucumber (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. Methylocucumis, methyl utilising cucumber-shaped organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Methylocucumer-), me-t^hy-lo-KU-ku-mis

Type species: Methylocucumis oryzae Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pandit PS, Rahalkar MC. Renaming of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae' as Methylocucumis oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Type I methanotroph isolated from India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:955-959. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methylocucumis" Pandit et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Methylocucumis" Pandit et al. 2018. Publication: Pandit PS, Hoppert M, Rahalkar MC. Description of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae', a novel Type I methanotroph with large cells and pale pink colour, isolated from an Indian rice field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2473-2484. 🇮🇳
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylocucumis oryzae Pandit and Rahalkar 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Pandit PS, Rahalkar MC. Renaming of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae' as Methylocucumis oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Type I methanotroph isolated from India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:955-959. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 4880