Species Methylocucumis oryzae

Name: Methylocucumis oryzae Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

Category, proposed as: species, 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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-KU-ku-mis o-RY-za͡e, masculine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae" Pandit et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• 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. 🇮🇳
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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