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Species Methylobacterium litchii

Name: Methylobacterium litchii Gao et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: lit’chi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. litchii, of the fruit of Litchi chinensis, referring to what the species was isolated from

Gender: neuter

Type strain: GDMCC 1.4327; KCTC 8300; SD21

16S rRNA gene: PP600109 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Gao R, Li J, Li H, Xie X, Feng GD, Zhu H. Methylobacterium litchii sp. nov., Methylobacterium guangdongense sp. nov. and Methylorubrum subtropicum sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of litchi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6639. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01364 (N = 3).
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-01-20.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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

Assigned by: Gao R, Li J, Li H, Xie X, Feng GD, Zhu H. Methylobacterium litchii sp. nov., Methylobacterium guangdongense sp. nov. and Methylorubrum subtropicum sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of litchi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6639. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 56497