Name: Methylobacillus flagellatus Govorukhina et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla.gel.la’tus. L. neut. n. flagellum, a whip; L. masc. adj. suff. -atus, suffix denoting provided with; L. masc. part. adj. flagellatus, flagellated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51484; DSM 6875; KT; VKM B-1610

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY867687 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Govorukhina NI, Kletsova LV, Tsygankov YD, Trotsenko YA, Netrusov AI. Characteristics of a new obligate methylotroph. Mikrobiologiya 1987; 56:849-854.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07546 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "(spelled 'Methylobacillus flagellatum' in TRBA)".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Govorukhina NI, Kletsova LV, Tsygankov YD, Trotsenko YA, Netrusov AI. Characteristics of a new obligate methylotroph. Mikrobiologiya 1987; 56:849-854.

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Record number: 777961