Name: Methylocystis borbori Kaparullina et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bor’bo.ri. Gr. masc. n. borboros, sludge; N.L. gen. masc. n. borbori, of sludge

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-KYS-tis BOR-bo-ri, feminine

Type strain: 9N; KCTC 92566; VKM B-3616

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16S rRNA gene: PP341305 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kaparullina EN, Agafonova NV, Suzina NE, Grouzdev DS, Doronina NV. Methylocystis borbori sp.nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from the sludge of a freshwater lake and its metabolic properties. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:29. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylocystis (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Kaparullina EN, Agafonova NV, Suzina NE, Grouzdev DS, Doronina NV. Methylocystis borbori sp.nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from the sludge of a freshwater lake and its metabolic properties. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:29. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 55391