Name: Methylorubrum thiocyanatum (Wood et al. 1999) Green and Ardley 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium thiocyanatum Wood et al. 1999

Etymology: thi.o.cy.a.na’tum. N.L. masc. n. thiocyanas (gen. thiocyanatis), thiocyanate; L. neut. adj. suff. -atum, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. neut. adj. thiocyanatum, intended to mean using thiocyanate [probably better: thiocyanaticum]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ALL/SCN-P; ATCC 700647; DSM 11490; JCM 10893; VKM B-2197

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB175646 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 thiocyanatum Wood et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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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Record number: 798442