Name: "Candidatus Methylobacter spei" Wutkowska et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: spe’i. L. fem. n. spes, hope; L. gen. fem. n. spei, meaning “of hope”, since the organism was enriched from a fishpond in SE Czech Republic called Hope [Naděje]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SPE-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Wu8Ts

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-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: 69563
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