Name: Methylorubrum suomiense (Doronina et al. 2002) Green and Ardley 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium suomiense Doronina et al. 2002

Etymology: su.o.mi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. suomiense, of Suomi, the Finnish word for Finland

Pronunciation, gender: su-o-mi-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-713; DSM 14458; F20; NCIMB 13778; VKM B-2238

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16S rRNA gene: AB175645 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 suomiense Doronina et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: 798441