Name: Methylovorus glucosotrophus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glu.cos.o.tro’phus. N.L. neut. n. glucosum, glucose; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. glucosotrophus, feeding on glucose

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 6B1; ATCC 49758; DSM 6874; NCIMB 13222; UCM B-1745; VKM B-1745

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16S rRNA gene: FR733702 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Govorukhina NI, Trotsenko YA. Methylovorus, a new genus of restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:158-162.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Doronina et al. 2005 Doronina NV, Ivanova EG, Trotsenko YA. Phylogenetic position and emended description of the genus Methylovorus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:903-906. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylovorus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991. Publication: Govorukhina NI, Trotsenko YA. Methylovorus, a new genus of restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:158-162.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991, the type strain UCM B-1745 is erroneously cited as UCM B-1475. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Methylovorus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991

Assigned by: Govorukhina NI, Trotsenko YA. Methylovorus, a new genus of restricted facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:158-162.

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