Name: Methylorhabdus multivorans Doronina et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. multus, much; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many compounds

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51890; CIP 104898; DM13; VKM B-2030

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF004845 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doronina NV, Braus-Strohmeyer SA, Leisinger T, Trotsenko YA. Isolation and characterization of a new facultatively methylotrophic bacterium: description of Methylorhabdus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:92-98.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ancylobacter multivorans (Doronina et al. 1996) Doronina et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ancylobacter multivorans (Doronina et al. 1996) Doronina et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylorhabdus Doronina et al. 1996. Publication: Doronina NV, Braus-Strohmeyer SA, Leisinger T, Trotsenko YA. Isolation and characterization of a new facultatively methylotrophic bacterium: description of Methylorhabdus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:92-98.
  • ❗ Methylorhabdus multivorans 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 Methylorhabdus.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylorhabdus Doronina et al. 1996

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Braus-Strohmeyer SA, Leisinger T, Trotsenko YA. Isolation and characterization of a new facultatively methylotrophic bacterium: description of Methylorhabdus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:92-98.

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