Genus "Methylovarius"

Name: "Methylovarius" Romanovskaya 1984

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.va’ri.us. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl radical; L. masc. adj. varius, various; N.L. masc. n. Methylovarius, methyl variety

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Methylovari-), me-t^hy-lo-WA-ri-us

Type species: "Methylovarius ucrainicus" Romanovskaya 1984

Original publication: Romanovskaya VA. Methylovarius gen. nov., a new genus. Mikrobiologiia 1984; 53:777.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Romanovskaya (1984) assigned this genus to the family "Methylomonadaceae" Leadbetter 1974. Publication: Romanovskaya VA. Methylovarius gen. nov., a new genus. Mikrobiologiia 1984; 53:777.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Meihylovarius"; "Methylovarccus"; "Methylovarins".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MLOV" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methylovarius ucrainicus" Romanovskaya 1984	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 4628