Name: Methylosinus sporium (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: spo.ri.um. Gr. fem. n. spora, seed (in biology, a spore); N.L. neut. n. sporium, spore-former (sic) (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: ACM 3306; ATCC 35069; DSM 17706; NCIB 11126; NCIMB 11126; UNIQEM 60
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16S rRNA gene: Y18946 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Methylosinus (ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Assigned by: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:735-753.
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