Name: Methyloligella halotolerans Doronina et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt tolerating

Gender: feminine

Type strain: C2; CCUG 61687; DSM 25045; VKM B-2706

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ773443 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doronina NV, Poroshina MN, Kaparullina EN, Ezhov VA, Trotsenko YA. Methyloligella halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methyloligella solikamskensis sp. nov., two non-pigmented halotolerant obligately methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the Ural saline environments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:148-154.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methyloligella Doronina et al. 2014. Publication: Doronina NV, Poroshina MN, Kaparullina EN, Ezhov VA, Trotsenko YA. Methyloligella halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methyloligella solikamskensis sp. nov., two non-pigmented halotolerant obligately methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the Ural saline environments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:148-154.
  • 😷 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: Methyloligella Doronina et al. 2014

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Poroshina MN, Kaparullina EN, Ezhov VA, Trotsenko YA. Methyloligella halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methyloligella solikamskensis sp. nov., two non-pigmented halotolerant obligately methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the Ural saline environments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:148-154.

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