Name: Methylopila helvetica Doronina et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hel.ve’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. helvetica, from Helvetia, an old name of Switzerland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hel-WE-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CIP 106788; DM9; DSM 22800; VKM B-2189

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF227126 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Leisinger T. Methylopila helvetica sp. nov. and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum sp. nov.--novel aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacteria utilizing dichloromethane. Syst Appl Microbiol 2000; 23:210-218. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 77. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Albibacter helveticus (Doronina et al. 2000) Yang et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Albibacter helveticus (Doronina et al. 2000) Yang et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methylopila helvetica 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 Methylopila.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylopila Doronina et al. 1998

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Leisinger T. Methylopila helvetica sp. nov. and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum sp. nov.--novel aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacteria utilizing dichloromethane. Syst Appl Microbiol 2000; 23:210-218. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 778008