Species Methylobacillus pratensis

Name: Methylobacillus pratensis Doronina et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pra.ten’sis. L. masc. adj. pratensis, means growing in a meadow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hy-lo-ba-KIL-lus pra-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 16019; F31; NCIMB 13994; VKM B-2247

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY298905 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Methylobacillus pratensis sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented, aerobic, obligately methylotrophic bacterium isolated from meadow grass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1453-1457. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Methylobacillus Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Doronina NV, Trotsenko YA, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Methylobacillus pratensis sp. nov., a novel non-pigmented, aerobic, obligately methylotrophic bacterium isolated from meadow grass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1453-1457. 🇷🇺

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