Name: Methylopila capsulata Doronina et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.su.la’ta. L. n. capsule, a small chest, capsule; N.L. fem. adj. capsulata, having a capsule

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700716; DSM 6130; IM1; VKM B-1606

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16S rRNA gene: AF004844 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Krausova VI, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP. Methylopila capsulata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1313-1321.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylopila Doronina et al. 1998. Publication: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Krausova VI, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP. Methylopila capsulata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1313-1321.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylopila Doronina et al. 1998

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Krausova VI, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP. Methylopila capsulata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1313-1321.

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Record number: 778007