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 (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-KYS-tis 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

Risk group: 1

• 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. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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