Name: Methylophilus leisingeri corrig. Doronina and Trotsenko 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lei.sing’e.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. leisingeri, of Leisinger, named after the Swiss microbiologist, Thomas Leisinger, who isolated the organism

Pronunciation, gender: le͡i-SIN͡G-e-ri, masculine

Type strain: DM11; DSM 6813; VKM B-2013

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB193725 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA. Methylophilus leisingerii sp. nov., a new species of restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Mikrobiologiya 1994; 63:529-536.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 78. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylophilus leisingerii Doronina and Trotsenko 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Methylophilus leisingeri corrig. Doronina and Trotsenko 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, leisingerii (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 78. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1-2.

Parent taxon: Methylophilus Jenkins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA. Methylophilus leisingerii sp. nov., a new species of restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Mikrobiologiya 1994; 63:529-536.

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Record number: 778004