Genus Methylotuvimicrobium

Name: Methylotuvimicrobium Orata et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.tu.vi.mi.cro’bi.um. 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. neut. adj. tuvi, pertaining to Tuva, Russia, the isolation source of the type species and strain; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Methylotuvimicrobium, methane-utilizing microbe first isolated from Tuva, Russia

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Methylotuvimicrobi-), me-t^hy-lo-tu-wi-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Orata et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the order Methylococcales Bowman 2005. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Methylobacter Bowman et al. 1993. Publication: Khmelenina VN, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Starostina NG, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA. Isolation and characterization of halotolerant alkaliphilic methanotrophic bacteria from Tuva soda lakes. Curr Microbiol 1997; 35:257-261. 🇷🇺
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Methylomicrobium Bowman et al. 1995. Publication: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Khmelenina V, Eshinimaev B, Sorokin D, Fuse H, Lidstrom M, Trotsenko Y. Classification of halo(alkali)philic and halo(alkali)tolerant methanotrophs provisionally assigned to the genera Methylomicrobium and Methylobacter and emended description of the genus Methylomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:591-596. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 4; NCIMB: 3; DSM: 2; NCCB: 1; NBRC: 1.
  • 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the order Methylococcales was conducted by Orata et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇨🇦

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methylotuvimicrobium buryatense" (Kaluzhnaya et al. 2001) Orata et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    "Methylotuvimicrobium crucis" Butarelli et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Methylotuvimicrobium japanense" (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Methylotuvimicrobium kenyense (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methylotuvimicrobium pelagicum" (Sieburth et al. 1988) Orata et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇦

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