Name: Methylomicrobium lacus (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005) Orata et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylosarcina lacus Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005

Etymology: la’cus. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, lake

Pronunciation, gender: LA-kus, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1047; DSM 16693; JCM 13284; LW14

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY007296 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Orata FD, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sauvageau D, Stein LY. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3162.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylosarcina lacus Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08241 (N = 11).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylomicrobium Bowman et al. 1995

Assigned by: Orata FD, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sauvageau D, Stein LY. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3162.

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Record number: 801370