Name: Methylosarcina fibrata Wise et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.bra.ta. L. fem. adj. fibrata, fibrous, covered with fibers or fibrils

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AML-C10; ATCC 700909; DSM 13736

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF177296 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wise MG, McArthur JV, Shimkets LJ. Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp.nov., novel type 1 methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:611-621.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylosarcina Wise et al. 2001. Publication: Wise MG, McArthur JV, Shimkets LJ. Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp.nov., novel type 1 methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:611-621.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Fibrata is a Latin feminine adjective (fibratus a um) not a Neo Latin feminine adjective as cited in the paper by Wise et al. 2001. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Methylosarcina Wise et al. 2001

Assigned by: Wise MG, McArthur JV, Shimkets LJ. Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp.nov., novel type 1 methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:611-621.

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