Name: Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: me.tha’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. methanica, related to or associated with methane

Pronunciation, gender: me-T^HA-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35067; NCIB 11130; NCIMB 11130; UNIQEM 8; VKM B-2110

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16S rRNA gene: AF304196 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Whittenbury R, Krieg NR. Family Methylococcaceae. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 256-261.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984. Publication: Whittenbury R, Krieg NR. Family Methylococcaceae. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 256-261.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 47 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Whittenbury R, Krieg NR. Family Methylococcaceae. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 256-261.

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Record number: 784253