Name: Methylorubrum rhodinum (Heumann 1962) Green and Ardley 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas rhodos Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: rho.di’num. L. neut. adj. rhodinum, rosy, because of its pink colour; from Gr. neut. adj. rhodinon, pink

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14821; CIP 101127; DSM 2163; IFO 15691; JCM 2811; LMG 2275; NBRC 15691; NCIB 9421; NCIMB 9421; VKM B-2065

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB175644 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 rhodinum corrig. (Heumann 1962) Green and Bousfield 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylobacterium rhodos (Heumann 1962) Green and Bousfield 1983	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Pseudomonas rhodos Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Pseudomonas rhodina corrig. Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03819 (N = 3).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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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Record number: 798439