Name: Methylocucumis oryzae Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ry’zae. L. fem. n. Oryza, genus name of rice; L. gen. fem. n. oryzae, of rice, as the type strain was isolated from rice rhizosphere

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 32869; KCTC 15683; MCC 3492; Sn10-6

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16S rRNA gene: KP793700 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pandit PS, Rahalkar MC. Renaming of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae' as Methylocucumis oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Type I methanotroph isolated from India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:955-959.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae" Pandit et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylocucumis Pandit and Rahalkar 2019. Publication: Pandit PS, Rahalkar MC. Renaming of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae' as Methylocucumis oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Type I methanotroph isolated from India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:955-959.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methylocucumis Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

Assigned by: Pandit PS, Rahalkar MC. Renaming of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae' as Methylocucumis oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Type I methanotroph isolated from India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:955-959.

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Record number: 5542