Name: Methylocapsa aurea Dunfield et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au’re.a L. fem. adj. aurea, golden, referring to the colony colour

Type strains: DSM 22158; KYG; VKM B-2544

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN433469 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dunfield PF, Belova SE, Vorob'ev AV, Cornish SL, Dedysh SN. Methylocapsa aurea sp. nov., a facultative methanotroph possessing a particulate methane monooxygenase, and emended description of the genus Methylocapsa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2659-2664.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Methylocapsa Dedysh et al. 2002

Assigned by: Dunfield PF, Belova SE, Vorob'ev AV, Cornish SL, Dedysh SN. Methylocapsa aurea sp. nov., a facultative methanotroph possessing a particulate methane monooxygenase, and emended description of the genus Methylocapsa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2659-2664.

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