Name: Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008

Etymology: al.ca.li.phi’lum. N.L. neut. adj. alcaliphilum, liking alkaline media

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 20Z; DSM 19304; NCIMB 14124; VKM B-2133

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF495157 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Orata FD, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sauvageau D, Stein LY. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3162.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methylobacter alcaliphilus" Khmelenina et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylotuvimicrobium Orata et al. 2019. Publication: Orata FD, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sauvageau D, Stein LY. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3162.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methylotuvimicrobium Orata et al. 2019

Assigned by: Orata FD, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sauvageau D, Stein LY. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3162.

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Record number: 801368