Species Methylococcus whittenburyi

Name: Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: whit.ten.bu’ry.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. whittenburyi, of Whittenbury, named in honor of British microbiologist Roger Whittenbury for his seminal research on methanotrophic bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-KOK-kus whit-ten-BU-ry-i, masculine

Type strain: 1521 of Whittenbury; ACM 3310; ATCC 51738; NCIMB 11128; Y

16S rRNA gene: X72773 Analyse FASTA

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
    Methylococcus chroococcus Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylococcus vinelandii Romanovskaya et al. 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylobacter whittenburyi (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 vinelandii 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 an earlier 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.
  • ❗ Methylococcus whittenburyi is the correct name instead 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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