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Species Methylobacterium pseudosasae
Name: Methylobacterium pseudosasae Madhaiyan and Poonguzhali 2016
Etymology: pseu.do.sa’sae. N.L. fem. n. Pseudosasa, a botanical genus name; N.L. gen. fem. n. pseudosasae, of Pseudosasa japonica
Type strain: BL44; ICMP 17622; NBRC 105205
16S rRNA gene:
EU912442
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S. Methylobacterium pseudosasae sp. nov., a pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from the bamboo phyllosphere. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:367-376. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Methylorubrum pseudosasae (Madhaiyan and Poonguzhali 2016) Green and Ardley 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Methylorubrum pseudosasae (Madhaiyan and Poonguzhali 2016) Green and Ardley 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Methylobacterium pseudosasae 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. — 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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:
Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S. Methylobacterium pseudosasae sp. nov., a pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from the bamboo phyllosphere. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:367-376. 🇮🇳
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Record number: 794736
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