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]

Pronunciation, gender: t^hi-o-ky-a-NA-tum, neuter

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

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacterium thiocyanatum Wood et al. 1999	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: 798442