Subspecies "Methylobacterium extorquens subsp. chloromethanicum"

Name: "Methylobacterium extorquens subsp. chloromethanicum" (McDonald et al. 2001) Alessa et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: subspecies, comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium chloromethanicum McDonald et al. 2001

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-bak-TE-ri-um ex-TOR-kwens k^hlo-ro-me-T^HA-ni-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: CM4; NCIMB 13688; VKM B-2223

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16S rRNA gene: AF198624 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Alessa O, Ogura Y, Fujitani Y, Takami H, Hayashi T, Sahin N, Tani A. Comprehensive Comparative Genomics and Phenotyping of Methylobacterium Species. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740610. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacterium chloromethanicum McDonald et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum subsp. chloromethanicum (McDonald et al. 2001) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The authors incorrectly gave several basonyms. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 The distinct name Methylobacterium extorquens 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 extorquens (Urakami and Komagata 1984 ex Bassalik 1913) Bousfield and Green 1985

Assigned by: Alessa O, Ogura Y, Fujitani Y, Takami H, Hayashi T, Sahin N, Tani A. Comprehensive Comparative Genomics and Phenotyping of Methylobacterium Species. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740610. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 29616