Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Methylobacterium aquaticum

Name: Methylobacterium aquaticum Gallego et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living in water

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCM 7218; CECT 5998; CIP 108333; DSM 16371; GR16

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16S rRNA gene: AB252197 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gallego V, Garcia MT, Ventosa A. Methylobacterium hispanicum sp. nov. and Methylobacterium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from drinking water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:281-287.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gallego V, Garcia MT, Ventosa A. Methylobacterium hispanicum sp. nov. and Methylobacterium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from drinking water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:281-287.

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Record number: 777970
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