Name: Methylibium aquaticum Song and Cho 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living in water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-LI-bi-um a-KWA-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 19915; IMCC 1728; KCCM 42364; NBRC 102349

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681749 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Song J, Cho JC. Methylibium aquaticum sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a eutrophic freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2125-2128. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Piscinibacter aquaticus (Song and Cho 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Piscinibacter aquaticus (Song and Cho 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methylibium aquaticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Methylibium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006

Assigned by: Song J, Cho JC. Methylibium aquaticum sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a eutrophic freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2125-2128. 🇰🇷

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