Name: Methylophilus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra (gen. sphaîras), ball, any globe, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CBMB127; KACC 13099; NCCB 100233

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16S rRNA gene: EU194887 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Kwon SW, Sa TM. Methylophilus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2904-2908.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the "Author Index" (Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, V-VI), the first author's name is erroneously cited as Munusamy, M. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Methylophilus Jenkins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Kwon SW, Sa TM. Methylophilus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a restricted facultative methylotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2904-2908.

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