Name: Methylovirgula ligni Vorob'ev et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li’gni. L. gen. neut. n. ligni, of wood, referring to the isolation of known strains from wood material

Pronunciation, gender: LI-n͡gni, feminine

Type strain: BW863; DSM 19998; NCIMB 14408

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM252034 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vorob'ev AV, de Boer W, Folman LB, Bodelier PL, Doronina NV, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Dedysh SN. Methylovirgula ligni gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately acidophilic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium with a highly divergent mxaF gene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2538-2545.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylovirgula Vorob'ev et al. 2009. Publication: Vorob'ev AV, de Boer W, Folman LB, Bodelier PL, Doronina NV, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Dedysh SN. Methylovirgula ligni gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately acidophilic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium with a highly divergent mxaF gene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2538-2545.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Methylovirgula Vorob'ev et al. 2009

Assigned by: Vorob'ev AV, de Boer W, Folman LB, Bodelier PL, Doronina NV, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Dedysh SN. Methylovirgula ligni gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately acidophilic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium with a highly divergent mxaF gene. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2538-2545.

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