Name: Methylocystis bryophila Belova et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bry.o’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. bryon, moss; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. fem. adj. bryophila, moss-loving, intended to mean moss-associated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21852; H2s; VKM B-2545

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN422003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Belova SE, Kulichevskaya IS, Bodelier PL, Dedysh SN. Methylocystis bryophila sp. nov., a facultatively methanotrophic bacterium from acidic Sphagnum peat, and emended description of the genus Methylocystis (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1096-1104.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Belova SE, Kulichevskaya IS, Bodelier PL, Dedysh SN. Methylocystis bryophila sp. nov., a facultatively methanotrophic bacterium from acidic Sphagnum peat, and emended description of the genus Methylocystis (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1096-1104.

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