Name: Methylovorus menthalis Doronina et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. mentha, mint; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. menthalis, pertaining to mint, referring to the host plant Mentha arvensis L. (corn mint)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 61695; DSM 24715; MM; VKM B-2663

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16S rRNA gene: HQ380796 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doronina NV, Kaparullina EN, Trotsenko IuA. [Methylovorus menthalis, a novel species of aerobic obligate methylobacteria associated with plants]. Mikrobiologiia 2011; 80:700-706.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The culture collection accession numbers DSM 24715 and CCUG 61695 have been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Parent taxon: Methylovorus Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Kaparullina EN, Trotsenko IuA. [Methylovorus menthalis, a novel species of aerobic obligate methylobacteria associated with plants]. Mikrobiologiia 2011; 80:700-706.

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