Name: Methylophilus quaylei Doronina et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: quay’le.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. quaylei, of Quayle, named after the prominent British biochemist J.R. Quayle who first discovered the RuMP cycle of formaldehyde assimilation

Pronunciation, gender: KWAY-le-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM (accession number not given); JCM 31521; MT; VKM B-2338

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16S rRNA gene: AY772089 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doronina N, Ivanova E, Trotsenko Y, Pshenichnikova A, Kalinina E, Shvets V. Methylophilus quaylei sp. nov., a new aerobic obligately methylotrophic bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:303-309.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylophilus Jenkins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Doronina N, Ivanova E, Trotsenko Y, Pshenichnikova A, Kalinina E, Shvets V. Methylophilus quaylei sp. nov., a new aerobic obligately methylotrophic bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:303-309.

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Record number: 795223