Name: Methylocystis suflitae Garner et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su’fli.tae. N.L. gen. masc. n. suflitae, named to honour Joseph M. Suflita, a contemporary American microbiologist, for his pioneering work in understanding biodegradation at the United States Geological Survey Norman Landfill Environmental Research Site

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-KYS-tis SU-fli-ta͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-256; DSM 112294; NLS-7

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16S rRNA gene: ON715489 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Garner CT, Sankaranarayanan K, Abin CA, Garner RM, Cai H, Lawson PA, Krumholz LR. Methylocystis suflitae sp. nov., a novel type II methanotrophic bacterium isolated from landfill cover soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6239. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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

Assigned by: Garner CT, Sankaranarayanan K, Abin CA, Garner RM, Cai H, Lawson PA, Krumholz LR. Methylocystis suflitae sp. nov., a novel type II methanotrophic bacterium isolated from landfill cover soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6239. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 43259