Name: Methylorubrum aminovorans (Urakami et al. 1993) Green and Ardley 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium aminovorans Urakami et al. 1993

Etymology: a.mi.no.vo’rans. N.L. fem. n. amina, amine; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. aminovorans, amine devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51358; CIP 105328; DSM 8832; IFO 15686; JCM 8240; NBRC 15686; TH-15; VKM B-2145

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB175629 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Green PN, Ardley JK. Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: a proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2727-2748.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacterium aminovorans Urakami et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018

Assigned by: Green PN, Ardley JK. Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: a proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2727-2748.

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Record number: 798432