Name: Methyloglobulus morosus Deutzmann et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.ro’sus. L. masc. adj. morosus, wayward, capricious, morose

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 22980; JCM 18850; KoM1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN386974 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Deutzmann JS, Hoppert M, Schink B. Characterization and phylogeny of a novel methanotroph, Methyloglobulus morosus gen. nov., spec. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:165-169.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methyloglobulus Deutzmann et al. 2015. Publication: Deutzmann JS, Hoppert M, Schink B. Characterization and phylogeny of a novel methanotroph, Methyloglobulus morosus gen. nov., spec. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:165-169.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methyloglobulus Deutzmann et al. 2015

Assigned by: Deutzmann JS, Hoppert M, Schink B. Characterization and phylogeny of a novel methanotroph, Methyloglobulus morosus gen. nov., spec. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:165-169.

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