Name: "Methylococcus luteus" Romanovskaya et al. 1978

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.us. L. masc. adj. luteus, golden-yellow

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACM 3304; ATCC 49878; NCIMB 11914; UCM 53B; VKM-53B

16S rRNA gene: AF304195 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • According to Bowman et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus bovis 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.

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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Record number: 12295