Name: Methylibium fulvum Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ful’vum. L. neut. adj. fulvum, deep yellow, gold-coloured

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FUL-wum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 19916; Gsoil 322; KCTC 12591; LMG 23394

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB245356 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon MH, Ten LN, Im WT, Lee ST. Methylibium fulvum sp. nov., a member of the Betaproteobacteria isolated from ginseng field soil, and emended description of the genus Methylibium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2062-2066. 🇰🇷

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: Rhizobacter fulvus (Yoon et al. 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobacter fulvus (Yoon et al. 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methylibium fulvum 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006

Assigned by: Yoon MH, Ten LN, Im WT, Lee ST. Methylibium fulvum sp. nov., a member of the Betaproteobacteria isolated from ginseng field soil, and emended description of the genus Methylibium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2062-2066. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786710