Name: Methylovulum Iguchi et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thyl.o’vu.lum. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl group; N.L. neut. dim. n. ovulum, small egg; N.L. neut. dim. n. Methylovulum, small methyl-using egg

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Methylovul-), me-thyl-O-wu-lum

Type species: Methylovulum miyakonense Iguchi et al. 2011

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Iguchi H, Yurimoto H, Sakai Y. Methylovulum miyakonense gen. nov., sp. nov., a type I methanotroph isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:810-815. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 2

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Iguchi H, Yurimoto H, Sakai Y. Methylovulum miyakonense gen. nov., sp. nov., a type I methanotroph isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:810-815. 🇯🇵

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