Name: Methylophilus Jenkins et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo’phi.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; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. n. Methylophilus, methyl radical loving

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methylophil-), me-t^hy-LO-p^hi-lus

Type species: Methylophilus methylotrophus Jenkins et al. 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jenkins O, Byrom D, Jones D. Methylophilus: a new genus of methanol-utilizing bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:446-448.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methylophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Methylophilales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order III. Methylophilales ord. 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.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Methylophilales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order III. Methylophilales ord. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Merhylophilus"; "Metflylopflilus"; "Methylophi"; "Methylophifus"; "Methylophilius"; "Methylophius"; "Metltylopltilus".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Methylophilus" Loginova and Trotsenko 1981.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Doronina et al. (2012). 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: VKM: 8; DSM: 7; CCUG: 3; JCM: 2; KACC: 1; NCCB: 1; ATCC: 1; LMG: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MLFL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylophilus aquaticus Kaparullina et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus flavus Gogleva et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus glucosoxydans Doronina et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus leisingeri corrig. Doronina and Trotsenko 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus leisingerii Doronina and Trotsenko 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Methylophilus luteus Gogleva et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus methylotrophus Jenkins et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus quaylei Doronina et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylophilus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2009	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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