Name: Methylocystis silviterrae Tikhonova et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sil.vi.ter’rae. L. fem. n. silva, wood, forest; L. fem. n. terra, soil; N.L. gen. fem. n. silviterrae, of soil from a forest

Pronunciation, gender: sil-wi-TER-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: FS; KCTC 82935; VKM B-3535

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16S rRNA gene: MN649238 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tikhonova EN, Grouzdev DS, Avtukh AN, Kravchenko IK. Methylocystis silviterrae sp.nov., a high-affinity methanotrophic bacterium isolated from the boreal forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5166.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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 2025-06-04.

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

Assigned by: Tikhonova EN, Grouzdev DS, Avtukh AN, Kravchenko IK. Methylocystis silviterrae sp.nov., a high-affinity methanotrophic bacterium isolated from the boreal forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5166.

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Record number: 25622