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

Pronunciation, gender: AL-bus, 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. — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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