Name: Albibacter helveticus (Doronina et al. 2000) Yang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylopila helvetica Doronina et al. 2000

Etymology: hel.ve’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. helveticus, from Helvetia, an old name of Switzerland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hel-WE-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: CIP 106788; DM9; DSM 22800; VKM B-2189

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF227126 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang LQ, Liu L, Salam N, Xiao M, Kim CJ, Hozzein WN, Park DJ, Li WJ, Zhang HW. Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Methylocystaceae, transfer of Methylopila helvetica Doronina et al. 2000 to Albibacter helveticus comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Albibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2825-2830. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylopila helvetica Doronina et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Albibacter Doronina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Yang LQ, Liu L, Salam N, Xiao M, Kim CJ, Hozzein WN, Park DJ, Li WJ, Zhang HW. Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Methylocystaceae, transfer of Methylopila helvetica Doronina et al. 2000 to Albibacter helveticus comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Albibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2825-2830. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 794368