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Species Paracoccus methylutens
Name: Paracoccus methylutens Doronina et al. 1998
Etymology: me.thyl.u’tens. N.L. neut. n. methylum, methyl compound; L. pres. part. utens, using; N.L. masc. part. adj. methylutens, using methyl groups
Type strain: DM12; DSM 23053; VKM B-2164
16S rRNA gene:
AF250334
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Krausova VI, Suzina NE. Paracoccus methylutens sp. nov. - a new aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1998; 21:230-236. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Krausova VI, Suzina NE. Paracoccus methylutens sp. nov. - a new aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1998; 21:230-236.
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Record number: 784570
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