Name: Methylobacter albus (ex Whittenbury 1970) Bowman et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACM 3314; ATCC 33003; BG 8; NCIB 11123; NCIMB 11123; VKM BG-8

16S rRNA gene: X72777 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylomicrobium album (Bowman et al. 1993 ex Whittenbury 1970) Bowman et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylomicrobium album (Bowman et al. 1993 ex Whittenbury 1970) Bowman et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methylobacter albus 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 Methylobacter.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylobacter Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.

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