Name: Methylovorus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo’vo.rus. 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 to the methyl radical; L. v. voro, to eat, devour; N.L. masc. n. Methylovorus, methyl-devourer

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methylovor-), me-t^hy-LO-wo-rus

Type species: Methylovorus glucosotrophus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Govorukhina NI, Trotsenko YA. Methylovorus, a new genus of restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:158-162.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Doronina et al. 2005 Doronina NV, Ivanova EG, Trotsenko YA. Phylogenetic position and emended description of the genus Methylovorus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:903-906. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methyluvorus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Doronina et al. (2011). 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: DSM: 3; VKM: 3; NCIMB: 3; UCM: 1; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
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
    Methylovorus glucosotrophus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylovorus mays Doronina et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylovorus menthalis Doronina et al. 2012	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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