Name: Methylococcus mesophilus Awala et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic

Pronunciation, gender: me-SO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 16-5; JCM 35359; KCTC 82050

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16S rRNA gene: OQ080039 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Awala SI, Kim Y, Gwak JH, Seo C, Lee S, Kang M, Rhee SK. Methylococcus mesophilus sp. nov., the first non-thermotolerant methanotroph of the genus Methylococcus, from a rice field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6077.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Assigned by: Awala SI, Kim Y, Gwak JH, Seo C, Lee S, Kang M, Rhee SK. Methylococcus mesophilus sp. nov., the first non-thermotolerant methanotroph of the genus Methylococcus, from a rice field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6077.

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Record number: 40862