Name: Methylococcus chroococcus Romanovskaya et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. chroa, color; M.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. chroococcus, colored coccus

Type strains: 9 of Whittenbury

Effective publication: Romanovskaya VA, Malashenko YR, Bogachenko VN. Corrected diagnoses of genera and species of methane assimilating bacteria. Mikrobiologia 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

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
    Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• 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.
  • The 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.

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

Assigned by: Romanovskaya VA, Malashenko YR, Bogachenko VN. Corrected diagnoses of genera and species of methane assimilating bacteria. Mikrobiologia 1978; 47:120-130.

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