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Species Amycolatopsis methanolica
Name: Amycolatopsis methanolica De Boer et al. 1990
Etymology: me.tha.no’li.ca. N.L. neut. n. methanol, methanol; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. methanolica, relating to methanol
Pronunciation, gender: me-tha-NO-li-ka, feminine
Type strain: 239; DSM 44096; IFO 15065; JCM 8087; LMD 80.32; NBRC 15065; NCCB 80032; NCIB 11946; NCIMB 11946; NRRL B-24139
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ249135
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
de Boer L, Dijkhuizen L, Grobben G, Goodfellow M, Stackebrandt E, Parlett JH, Whitehead D, Witt D. Amycolatopsis methanolica sp. nov., a facultatively methylotrophic actinomycete. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:194-204. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01768 (N = 20).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 48 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Programme. — 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).
Publication:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986
Assigned by:
de Boer L, Dijkhuizen L, Grobben G, Goodfellow M, Stackebrandt E, Parlett JH, Whitehead D, Witt D. Amycolatopsis methanolica sp. nov., a facultatively methylotrophic actinomycete. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:194-204.
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Record number: 773214
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