Name: Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.co’ge.nes. Gr. masc. adj. glykys, sweet; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. glycogenes, sweet-producing, intended to mean sugarproducing, glycogen-producing

Pronunciation, gender: gly-KO-ge-nes, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29475; DSM 46232; DSM 5685; JCM 2850; LMG 6082; NCIB 11375; NCIMB 11375; TK 0113; VKM B-2060; Yordy and Weaver T-11

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16S rRNA gene: FR733701 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yordy JR, Weaver TL. Methylobacillus: a new genus of obligately methylotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:247-255.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Urakami and Komagata 1986 Urakami T, Komagata K. Emendation of Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977, a genus of methanol-utilizing bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:502-511.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yordy JR, Weaver TL. Methylobacillus: a new genus of obligately methylotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:247-255.
  • 😷 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 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Assigned by: Yordy JR, Weaver TL. Methylobacillus: a new genus of obligately methylotrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:247-255.

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