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Species Methylobacterium oryzihabitans

Name: Methylobacterium oryzihabitans Chen et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ry.zi.ha’bi.tans. L. fem. n. oryza, rice; L. pres. part. habitans, inhabiting; N.L. neut. part. adj. oryzihabitans, rice inhabiting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-thy-lo-bak-TE-ri-um o-ry-zi-HA-bi-tans, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81157; KCTC 62864; LMG 30931; TER-1

16S rRNA gene: MF980971 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Chen WM, Cai CY, Li ZH, Young CC, Sheu SY. Methylobacterium oryzihabitans sp. nov., isolated from water sampled from a rice paddy field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3843-3850. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08155 (N = 2).
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Chen WM, Cai CY, Li ZH, Young CC, Sheu SY. Methylobacterium oryzihabitans sp. nov., isolated from water sampled from a rice paddy field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3843-3850. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 5659