Name: Methylopila oligotropha Poroshina et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.go’tro.pha. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, few; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. fem. adj. oligotropha, utilizer of few substrates

Pronunciation, gender: o-li-GO-tro-p^ha, feminine

Type strain: 2395A; CCUG 63805; DSM 29295; VKM B-2788

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16S rRNA gene: KC243676 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Poroshina MN, Doronina NV, Kaparullina EN, Kovalevskaya NP, Trotsenko YA. Halophilic and halotolerant aerobic methylobacteria from the technogenic Solikamsk biotopes. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2013; 82:490-498.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methylopila Doronina et al. 1998

Assigned by: Poroshina MN, Doronina NV, Kaparullina EN, Kovalevskaya NP, Trotsenko YA. Halophilic and halotolerant aerobic methylobacteria from the technogenic Solikamsk biotopes. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2013; 82:490-498.

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Record number: 791805