Name: Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. vinelandii, of Vineland, named after Vineland, New Jersey, where the species was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strains: "Mexica" 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 chroococcus Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Bowman et al. (1993), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylobacter whittenburyi (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 whittenburyi 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.
  • According to Lysenko et al. (1988), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methylococcus chroococcus 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.

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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