Name: Methylorosula polaris Berestovskaya et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.la’ris. M.L. fem. adj. polaris, pertaining to the geographical zone in Northern Russia, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22001; V-022; VKM V-2485

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16S rRNA gene: EU586035 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Berestovskaya JJ, Kotsyurbenko OR, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Doronina NV, Golyshin PN, Vasilyeva LV. Methylorosula polaris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic psychrotolerant bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:638-646.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methylorosula Berestovskaya et al. 2012. Publication: Berestovskaya JJ, Kotsyurbenko OR, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Doronina NV, Golyshin PN, Vasilyeva LV. Methylorosula polaris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic psychrotolerant bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:638-646.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methylorosula Berestovskaya et al. 2012

Assigned by: Berestovskaya JJ, Kotsyurbenko OR, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Doronina NV, Golyshin PN, Vasilyeva LV. Methylorosula polaris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic psychrotolerant bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:638-646.

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Record number: 789729