Name: Methylovulum psychrotolerans Oshkin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerant; N.L. part. adj. psychrotolerans, cold-tolerant

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 100602; LMG 29227; Sph1; VKM B-3018

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT381578 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oshkin IY, Belova SE, Danilova OV, Miroshnikov KK, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Liesack W, Dedysh SN. Methylovulum psychrotolerans sp. nov., a cold-adapted methanotroph from low-temperature terrestrial environments, and emended description of the genus Methylovulum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2417-2423.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Bussmann et al. 2021 Bussmann I, Horn F, Hoppert M, Klings KW, Saborowski A, Warnstedt J, Liebner S. Methylomonas albis sp. nov. and Methylomonas fluvii sp. nov.: Two cold-adapted methanotrophs from the river Elbe and emended description of the species Methylovulum psychrotolerans. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126248. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methylovulum Iguchi et al. 2011

Assigned by: Oshkin IY, Belova SE, Danilova OV, Miroshnikov KK, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Liesack W, Dedysh SN. Methylovulum psychrotolerans sp. nov., a cold-adapted methanotroph from low-temperature terrestrial environments, and emended description of the genus Methylovulum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2417-2423.

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