Name: "Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae" Pandit et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

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

Nomenclatural type: JCM 32869; KCTC 15683; MCC 3492; Sn10-6

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16S rRNA gene: KP793700 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pandit PS, Hoppert M, Rahalkar MC. Description of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae', a novel Type I methanotroph with large cells and pale pink colour, isolated from an Indian rice field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2473-2484.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methylocucumis oryzae Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylocucumis oryzae Pandit and Rahalkar 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methylocucumis" Pandit et al. 2018. Publication: Pandit PS, Hoppert M, Rahalkar MC. Description of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae', a novel Type I methanotroph with large cells and pale pink colour, isolated from an Indian rice field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2473-2484.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methylocucumis" Pandit et al. 2018

Assigned by: Pandit PS, Hoppert M, Rahalkar MC. Description of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae', a novel Type I methanotroph with large cells and pale pink colour, isolated from an Indian rice field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2473-2484.

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Record number: 2755