Name: "Methylocystis echinoides" Gal'chenko et al. 1977

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. adj. echinoides, hedgehog-like, spiny like a hedgehog

Gender: feminine

Type strain: IMET 10491; LMG 27198; UNIQEM 25; VKM B-2128

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16S rRNA gene: AJ458473 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gal'chenko VF, Shishkina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko IuA. [Isolation and properties of new strains of obligate methanotrophs]. Mikrobiologiia 1977; 46:890-897.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methylocystis echinoides (ex Gal'chenko et al. 1977) Bowman et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylocystis echinoides (ex Gal'chenko et al. 1977) Bowman et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

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

Assigned by: Gal'chenko VF, Shishkina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko IuA. [Isolation and properties of new strains of obligate methanotrophs]. Mikrobiologiia 1977; 46:890-897.

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Record number: 4230