Name: Methylotenera mobilis Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, motile

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1282; DSM 17540; JLW8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ287786 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Bowerman S, Lara JC, Lidstrom ME, Chistoserdova L. Methylotenera mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately methylamine-utilizing bacterium within the family Methylophilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2819-2823.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylotenera Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006. Publication: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Bowerman S, Lara JC, Lidstrom ME, Chistoserdova L. Methylotenera mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately methylamine-utilizing bacterium within the family Methylophilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2819-2823.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylotenera Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kalyuzhnaya MG, Bowerman S, Lara JC, Lidstrom ME, Chistoserdova L. Methylotenera mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately methylamine-utilizing bacterium within the family Methylophilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2819-2823.

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Record number: 785787