Name: Methylomicrobium japanense Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.pa.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. japanense, pertaining to Japan

Pronunciation, gender: ja-pa-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: FERM BP-5633; NBRC 103677; NI; VKM B-2462

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: D89279 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Khmelenina V, Eshinimaev B, Sorokin D, Fuse H, Lidstrom M, Trotsenko Y. Classification of halo(alkali)philic and halo(alkali)tolerant methanotrophs provisionally assigned to the genera Methylomicrobium and Methylobacter and emended description of the genus Methylomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:591-596.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methylotuvimicrobium japanense" (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008, the type strain VKM B-2462 is cited as VKM-B-2462. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Methylomicrobium Bowman et al. 1995

Assigned by: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Khmelenina V, Eshinimaev B, Sorokin D, Fuse H, Lidstrom M, Trotsenko Y. Classification of halo(alkali)philic and halo(alkali)tolerant methanotrophs provisionally assigned to the genera Methylomicrobium and Methylobacter and emended description of the genus Methylomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:591-596.

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