Species Methylobacterium thuringiense

Name: Methylobacterium thuringiense Wellner et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thu.rin.gi.en’se. L. neut. adj. thuringiense, referring to Thuringia, the Latin name of the region Thüringen in Germany from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-thy-lo-bak-TE-ri-um thu-rin-gi-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: C34; CCM 7787; LMG 25777

16S rRNA gene: MT760178 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Wellner S, Lodders N, Glaeser SP, Kampfer P. Methylobacterium trifolii sp. nov. and Methylobacterium thuringiense sp. nov., methanol-utilizing, pink-pigmented bacteria isolated from leaf surfaces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2690-2699. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Wellner S, Lodders N, Glaeser SP, Kampfer P. Methylobacterium trifolii sp. nov. and Methylobacterium thuringiense sp. nov., methanol-utilizing, pink-pigmented bacteria isolated from leaf surfaces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2690-2699. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 790953

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