Valid publication:
McDonald IR, Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, McAnulla C, Murrell JC. Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum sp. nov. and Methylobacterium chloromethanicum sp. nov., chloromethane-utilizing bacteria isolated from a polluted environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:119-122.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Emendations:
Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Notes:
⏲ According to Alessa et al. (2021), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Methylorubrumextorquens (Urakami and Komagata 1984 ex Bassalik 1913) Green and Ardley 2018.Publication:
Alessa O, Ogura Y, Fujitani Y, Takami H, Hayashi T, Sahin N, Tani A. Comprehensive Comparative Genomics and Phenotyping of Methylobacterium Species. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740610.
⏲ According to Alessa et al. (2021), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Protomonasextorquens (ex Bassalik 1913) Urakami and Komagata 1984.Publication:
Alessa O, Ogura Y, Fujitani Y, Takami H, Hayashi T, Sahin N, Tani A. Comprehensive Comparative Genomics and Phenotyping of Methylobacterium Species. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740610.
⏲ According to Kato et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylorubrumextorquens (Urakami and Komagata 1984 ex Bassalik 1913) Green and Ardley 2018.Publication:
Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A. Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2005; 51:287-299.
⏲ According to Kato et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylobacteriumextorquens (Urakami and Komagata 1984 ex Bassalik 1913) Bousfield and Green 1985.Publication:
Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A. Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2005; 51:287-299.
⏲ According to Kato et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Protomonasextorquens (ex Bassalik 1913) Urakami and Komagata 1984.Publication:
Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A. Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2005; 51:287-299.
📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
❗ Methylobacteriumchloromethanicum 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 Methylobacterium.
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.