Name: Methylopila Doronina et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo’pi.la. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl group; L. fem. n. pila, ball or sphere; N.L. fem. n. Methylopila, methyl-using sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Methylopil-), me-thy-LO-pi-la

Type species: Methylopila capsulata Doronina et al. 1998

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Krausova VI, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP. Methylopila capsulata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1313-1321. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 11

Parent taxon: Methylopilaceae diCenzo et al. 2024

Assigned by: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 516071
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