Name: Methylovorus mays Doronina et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. mays, maize, the name of the host plant Zea mays L. (sic) [probably better: maydis or zeaemaydis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BV; DSM 16018; NCIMB 13922; NCIMB 13992; strain C; VKM B-2221

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Effective publication: Doronina NV, Kudinova LV, Trotsenko IuA. [Methylovorus mays--novel species of aerobic, obligatory methylotrophic bacteria associated with plants]. Mikrobiologiia 2000; 69:712-716.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 82. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1619-1620.

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:
    • 🧍 In the protologue of Methylovorus mays Doronina et al. 2001 emend. Doronina et al. 2005, the type strain NCIMB 13992 is erroneously cited as NCIMB 13922.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Methylovorus mays Doronina et al. 2001 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Methylovorus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Kudinova LV, Trotsenko IuA. [Methylovorus mays--novel species of aerobic, obligatory methylotrophic bacteria associated with plants]. Mikrobiologiia 2000; 69:712-716.

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