Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1899

Name

Methylophilus methylotrophus Jenkins et al. 1987

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Methylophilus Jenkins et al. 1987

Type Strain

representative organism

NCIB 10515^T (=AS1 =ATCC 53528)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
family Methylophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006
genus Methylophilus Jenkins et al. 1987
species Methylophilus methylotrophus Jenkins et al. 1987

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.18389

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Methylophilus methylotrophus Jenkins et al. 1987. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1899.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1899.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 10, 2010.

References

Jenkins O, Byrom D, Jones D. Methylophilus: a new genus of methanol-utilizing bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:446-448. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-4-446.