Name: Methylobrevis pamukkalensis Poroshina et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.muk.kal.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. pamukkalensis, pertaining to Pamukkale, coming from the Pamukkale region of Turkey

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 30229; PK2; VKM B-2849

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF683074 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Poroshina MN, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV. Methylobrevis pamukkalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from saline water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1321-1327.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylobrevis Poroshina et al. 2015. Publication: Poroshina MN, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV. Methylobrevis pamukkalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from saline water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1321-1327.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from Pleomorphomonadaceae and may be reclassified as a new family with Hartmannibacter". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Methylobrevis Poroshina et al. 2015

Assigned by: Poroshina MN, Trotsenko YA, Doronina NV. Methylobrevis pamukkalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from saline water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1321-1327.

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