Species Methylopila turkensis

Name: Methylopila turkensis corrig. Shmareva et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: tur.ken’sis. N.L. fem. adj. turkensis, named after the country of isolation Turkey

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-LO-pi-la tur-KEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 27566; Side1; VKM B-2248; VKM B-2748

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF728382 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shmareva MN, Agafonova NV, Kaparullina EN, Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA. Emended descriptions of Advenella kashmirensis subsp. kashmirensis subsp. nov., Advenella kashmirensis subsp. methylica subsp. nov., and Methylopila turkiensis sp. nov. Microbiology 2016; 85:646-648. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylopila turkiensis Shmareva et al. 2017	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Methylopila turkiensis" Agafonova et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 Specific epithet and etymology corrected on validation. — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, turkiensis (sic), has been corrected on validation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.

Parent taxon: Methylopila Doronina et al. 1998

Assigned by: Shmareva MN, Agafonova NV, Kaparullina EN, Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA. Emended descriptions of Advenella kashmirensis subsp. kashmirensis subsp. nov., Advenella kashmirensis subsp. methylica subsp. nov., and Methylopila turkiensis sp. nov. Microbiology 2016; 85:646-648. 🇷🇺

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.794997Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 794997