Name: "Methylotuvimicrobium japanense" (Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008) Orata et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylomicrobium japanense Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008

Etymology: ja.pa.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. japanense, pertaining to Japan

Gender: neuter

Type strain: FERM BP-5633; NBRC 103677; NI; VKM B-2462

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16S rRNA gene: D89279 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methylomicrobium japanense Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylomicrobium japanense Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 1519