Name: Methylocystis rosea Wartiainen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, rose-coloured, rosy

Pronunciation, gender: RO-se-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1196; DSM 17261; SV97

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ414656 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wartiainen I, Hestnes AG, McDonald IR, Svenning MM. Methylocystis rosea sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from Arctic wetland soil, Svalbard, Norway (78 degrees N). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:541-547.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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

Assigned by: Wartiainen I, Hestnes AG, McDonald IR, Svenning MM. Methylocystis rosea sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from Arctic wetland soil, Svalbard, Norway (78 degrees N). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:541-547.

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