Name: "Methylobacter methanoversatilis" Wutkowska et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. masc./fem. adj. versatilis, versatile, adaptable; N.L. masc. adj. methanoversatilis, referring to the potential metabolic versatility of the organism in utilizing CH4 with three diverse CH4 monooxygenases, i.e. pMMO, pXMO and sMMO, encoded in the genomes

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Wutkowska M, Nweze JA, Tlaskal V, Nweze JE, Daebeler A. Uncovering hidden phylo- and ecogenomic diversity of the widespread methanotrophic genus Methylobacter. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2026; 102:0. 🇨🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methylobacter Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Wutkowska M, Nweze JA, Tlaskal V, Nweze JE, Daebeler A. Uncovering hidden phylo- and ecogenomic diversity of the widespread methanotrophic genus Methylobacter. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2026; 102:0. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 69562
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