Name: Methyloterricola oryzae Frindte et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ry’zae. L. fem. n. Oryza, genus name of rice; L. gen. fem. n. oryzae, of rice, referring to the fact, that the type strain was isolated from rice stems

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 73a; LMG 29185; VKM B-2986

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JYNS01000046 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Frindte K, Maarastawi SA, Lipski A, Hamacher J, Knief C. Characterization of the first rice paddy cluster I isolate, Methyloterricola oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and amended description of Methylomagnum ishizawai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4507-4514.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methyloterricola Frindte et al. 2017. Publication: Frindte K, Maarastawi SA, Lipski A, Hamacher J, Knief C. Characterization of the first rice paddy cluster I isolate, Methyloterricola oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and amended description of Methylomagnum ishizawai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4507-4514.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methyloterricola Frindte et al. 2017

Assigned by: Frindte K, Maarastawi SA, Lipski A, Hamacher J, Knief C. Characterization of the first rice paddy cluster I isolate, Methyloterricola oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and amended description of Methylomagnum ishizawai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4507-4514.

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