Name: Methylococcus chroococcus Romanovskaya et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chro.o.coc.cus. Gr. fem. n. chroa, color; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. chroococcus, colored coccus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 9 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 whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacter whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Lysenko et al. (1988), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylobacter whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993. Publication: Lysenko AM, Gal'Chenko VF, Chernykh NA. Taxonomic study of obligate methanotrophic bacteria using the DNA-DNA hybridization technique. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:653-658.
  • According to Lysenko et al. (1988), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981. Publication: Lysenko AM, Gal'Chenko VF, Chernykh NA. Taxonomic study of obligate methanotrophic bacteria using the DNA-DNA hybridization technique. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:653-658.
  • According to Lysenko et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981. Publication: Lysenko AM, Gal'Chenko VF, Chernykh NA. Taxonomic study of obligate methanotrophic bacteria using the DNA-DNA hybridization technique. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:653-658.
  • Methylococcus chroococcus 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.
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • The type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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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