Name: Methylorubrum subtropicum Gao et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.tro’pi.cum. L. prep. sub, under, below, slightly; L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical; N.L. neut. adj. subtropicum, subtropical, referring to the subtropical region

Pronunciation, gender: sup-TRO-pi-kum, neuter

Type strain: GDMCC 1.14328; KCTC 8299; SB2

16S rRNA gene: PP600111 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao R, Li J, Li H, Xie X, Feng GD, Zhu H. Methylobacterium litchii sp. nov., Methylobacterium guangdongense sp. nov. and Methylorubrum subtropicum sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of litchi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6639. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-01-14.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018

Assigned by: Gao R, Li J, Li H, Xie X, Feng GD, Zhu H. Methylobacterium litchii sp. nov., Methylobacterium guangdongense sp. nov. and Methylorubrum subtropicum sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of litchi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6639. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 56498