Name: Methylorubrum rhodesianum (Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium rhodesianum Green et al. 1988

Etymology: rho.de.si.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. rhodesianum, named after the British taxonomist Muriel Rhodes-Roberts for her contribution to pseudomonad taxonomy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-RU-brum r^ho-de-si-A-num, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43882; CIP 103771; DSM 5687; IFO 15844; JCM 10891; NBRC 15844; NCIB 12249; NCIMB 12249; Pseudomonas strain 1 of Rock et al.; VKM B-2142

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB175642 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacterium lusitanum Doronina et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylobacterium rhodesianum Green et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Kato et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methylobacterium lusitanum Doronina et al. 2002. Publication: Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A. Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2005; 51:287-299. 🇯🇵
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09633 (N = 3).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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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