Name: Methylibium subsaxonicum Stackebrandt et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.sa.xo’ni.cum. L. prep. sub, low, below, under; M.L. adj. saxonicus -a -um, pertaining to Saxony; N.L. neut. adj. subsaxonicum, pertaining to Lower Saxony, a state of Germany

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sup-sa-KSO-ni-kum, neuter

Type strain: BF49; CIP 109700; DSM 19570

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM774413 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E, Fruhling A, Cousin S, Brambilla E, Lunsdorf H, Verbarg S. Methylibium subsaxonicum spec. nov., a betaproteobacterium Isolated from a hardwater rivulet. Curr Microbiol 2008; 56:298-305. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 122. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1511-1512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rivibacter subsaxonicus (Stackebrandt et al. 2008) Stackebrandt et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rivibacter subsaxonicus (Stackebrandt et al. 2008) Stackebrandt et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methylibium subsaxonicum 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylibium Nakatsu et al. 2006

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Fruhling A, Cousin S, Brambilla E, Lunsdorf H, Verbarg S. Methylibium subsaxonicum spec. nov., a betaproteobacterium Isolated from a hardwater rivulet. Curr Microbiol 2008; 56:298-305. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 787419