Name: Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum subsp. chloromethanicum (McDonald et al. 2001) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium chloromethanicum McDonald et al. 2001

Etymology: chlo.ro.me.tha’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. chloromethanicum, chloromethane-utilizing

Pronunciation, gender: k^hlo-ro-me-T^HA-ni-kum, neuter

Type strain: CM4; NCIMB 13688; VKM B-2223

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF198624 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacterium chloromethanicum McDonald et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Methylobacterium extorquens subsp. chloromethanicum" (McDonald et al. 2001) Alessa et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum subsp. dichloromethanicum from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum Doronina et al. 2000

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11145