Name: Methylorhabdus multivorans Doronina et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. adj. multus, much; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many compounds

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

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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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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.

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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