Name: Methylomonas pelagica Sieburth et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.la’gi.ca. L. fem. adj. pelagica, of or belonging to the sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AA-23; ACM 3505; NCIMB 2265

16S rRNA gene: X72775 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sieburth JM, Johnson PW, Eberhardt MA, Sieracki ME, Lidstrom M, Laux D. The first methane-oxidizing bacterium from the upper mixing layer of the deep ocean: Methylomonas pelagica sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1987; 14:285-293.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylomicrobium pelagicum (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylomicrobium pelagicum (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methylotuvimicrobium pelagicum" (Sieburth et al. 1988) Orata et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methylobacter pelagicus (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methylomonas pelagica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Methylomonas.
  • 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Sieburth JM, Johnson PW, Eberhardt MA, Sieracki ME, Lidstrom M, Laux D. The first methane-oxidizing bacterium from the upper mixing layer of the deep ocean: Methylomonas pelagica sp. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1987; 14:285-293.

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