Name: Methylorubrum populi (Van Aken et al. 2004) Green and Ardley 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium populi Van Aken et al. 2004

Etymology: po’pu.li. L. gen. fem. n. populi, of poplar

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-705; BJ001; NCIMB 13946

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ549955 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 populi Van Aken et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09741 (N = 3).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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