Genus Methylosarcina

Name: Methylosarcina Wise et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.sar’ci.na. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group; 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; L. fem. n. sarcina, a package, bundle, pack; N.L. fem. n. Methylosarcina, methane-utilizing bundle of cells

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Methylosarcin-), me-t^hy-lo-SAR-ki-na

Type species: Methylosarcina fibrata Wise et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wise MG, McArthur JV, Shimkets LJ. Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp.nov., novel type 1 methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:611-621. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005 Kalyuzhnaya MG, Stolyar SM, Auman AJ, Lara JC, Lidstrom ME, Chistoserdova L. Methylosarcina lacus sp. nov., a methanotroph from Lake Washington, Seattle, USA, and emended description of the genus Methylosarcina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2345-2350. 🇺🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Orata et al. 2018 Orata FD, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sauvageau D, Stein LY. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3162. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 3; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylosarcina fibrata Wise et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylosarcina lacus Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Methylosarcina quisquiliarum Wise et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Wise MG, McArthur JV, Shimkets LJ. Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp.nov., novel type 1 methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:611-621. 🇺🇸

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