Name: Methylomagnum ishizawai Khalifa et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.shi.za’wa.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ishizawai, named after a Japanese soil microbiologist Shuichi Ishizawa, in honour of his seminal research on soil micro-organisms, especially in plant rhizosphere

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 29768; JCM 18894; KCTC 4681; NBRC 109438; RS11D-Pr

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB669155 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khalifa A, Lee CG, Ogiso T, Ueno C, Dianou D, Demachi T, Katayama A, Asakawa S. Methylomagnum ishizawai gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic type I methanotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3527-3534.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Frindte et al. 2017 Frindte K, Maarastawi SA, Lipski A, Hamacher J, Knief C. Characterization of the first rice paddy cluster I isolate, Methyloterricola oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and amended description of Methylomagnum ishizawai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4507-4514. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylomagnum Khalifa et al. 2015. Publication: Khalifa A, Lee CG, Ogiso T, Ueno C, Dianou D, Demachi T, Katayama A, Asakawa S. Methylomagnum ishizawai gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic type I methanotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3527-3534.

Parent taxon: Methylomagnum Khalifa et al. 2015

Assigned by: Khalifa A, Lee CG, Ogiso T, Ueno C, Dianou D, Demachi T, Katayama A, Asakawa S. Methylomagnum ishizawai gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic type I methanotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3527-3534.

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