Name: Methylococcus bovis Romanovskaya et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo’vis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. bovis, of a cow

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CM of Whittenbury

Effective publication: Romanovskaia VA, Malashenko IuR, Bogachenko VN. [Refinement of the diagnosis of the genera and species of methane-using bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1978; 47:120-130.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylobacter luteus (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methylococcus luteus" Romanovskaya et al. 1978	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methylococcus luteus Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylobacter luteus (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Bowman et al. (1993), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Methylococcus luteus" Romanovskaya et al. 1978. Publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.
  • According to Bowman et al. (1993), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylobacter luteus (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993. Publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.
  • According to Bowman et al. (1993), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus luteus Romanovskaya et al. 1981. Publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.
  • Methylococcus bovis is the correct name 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 Methylococcus.

Parent taxon: Methylococcus Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Romanovskaia VA, Malashenko IuR, Bogachenko VN. [Refinement of the diagnosis of the genera and species of methane-using bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1978; 47:120-130.

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