Name: "Methylobacterium extorquens subsp. dichloromethanicum" (Doronina et al. 2000) Alessa et al. 2021

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum Doronina et al. 2000

Etymology: di.chlo.ro.me.tha’ni.cum. Gr. fem. n. chlôris; N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; Gr. adv. dis, two (also Latin adjective); N.L. neut. adj. dichloromethanicum, dichloromethane utilizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … di-k^hlo-ro-me-T^HA-ni-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: CIP 106787; DM4; DSM 6343; VKM B-2191

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16S rRNA gene: AB175631 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 Doronina et al. 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum Doronina et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The authors incorrectly gave several basonyms. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 The distinct name Methylobacterium extorquens subsp. chloromethanicum 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: 29617