Name: Methylobacter whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981

Etymology: whit.ten.bu’ry.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. whittenburyi, of Whittenbury, named in honor of British microbiologist Roger Whittenbury for his seminal research on methanotrophic bacteria

Pronunciation, gender: whit-ten-BU-ry-i, masculine

Type strain: 1521 of Whittenbury; ACM 3310; ATCC 51738; NCIMB 11128; Y

16S rRNA gene: X72773 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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylococcus chroococcus Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Bowman et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981. 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.
  • ⏰ According to Lysenko et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus chroococcus Romanovskaya et al. 1981. Publication: Lysenko AM, Gal'Chenko VF, Chernykh NA. Taxonomic study of obligate methanotrophic bacteria using the DNA-DNA hybridization technique. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:653-658.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Bowman et al. 1993 the basonym is designated as "Methylobacter capsulatus" (sic). Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:375.

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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