Species Methylobacterium rhodesianum

Name: Methylobacterium rhodesianum Green et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rho.de.si.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. rhodesianum, named after the British taxonomist Muriel Rhodes-Roberts

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-bak-TE-ri-um r^ho-de-si-A-num, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43882; CIP 103771; DSM 5687; IFO 15844; JCM 10891; NBRC 15844; NCIB 12249; NCIMB 12249; Pseudomonas strain 1 of Rock et al.; VKM B-2142

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16S rRNA gene: AB175642 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Green PN, Bousfield IJ, Hood D. Three new Methylobacterium species: M. rhodesianum sp. nov., M. zatmanii sp. nov., and M. fujisawaense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:124-127.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Methylorubrum rhodesianum (Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Methylorubrum rhodesianum (Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Methylobacterium lusitanum Doronina et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Kato et al. 2008 Kato Y, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Methylobacterium persicinum sp. nov., Methylobacterium komagatae sp. nov., Methylobacterium brachiatum sp. nov., Methylobacterium tardum sp. nov. and Methylobacterium gregans sp. nov., isolated from freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1134-1141. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Kato et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methylobacterium lusitanum Doronina et al. 2002. 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. 🇯🇵
- ❗ Methylobacterium rhodesianum 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 18 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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: Green PN, Bousfield IJ, Hood D. Three new Methylobacterium species: M. rhodesianum sp. nov., M. zatmanii sp. nov., and M. fujisawaense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:124-127.

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Species Methylobacterium rhodesianum