Name: Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere, isolated from red pepper

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Ca-68; KCTC 22383; NCIMB 14472

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16S rRNA gene: EU672802 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Senthilkumar M, Pragatheswari D, Lee KC, Lee JS. Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel plant-associated methylotrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of red pepper. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:475-484.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Senthilkumar M, Pragatheswari D, Lee KC, Lee JS. Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel plant-associated methylotrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of red pepper. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:475-484.

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Record number: 794735