Taxon DOI
10.1601/tx.1437
Name
 (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Methodology
Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]
Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)
Parent
Taxon RecordName Record
Bowman 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Members
(ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
(ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Type Status
Taxonomy
The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.
  Woese et al. 1990
  (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
  (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
  Garrity et al. 2006
  Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
  Bowman 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
  (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993

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.
Citation
When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Taxon Abstract for the genus Methylosinus (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993. Retrieved . https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1437.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on March 24, 2020.

References

  1. Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: Description of Methylobacter gen.nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the Group I Methanotrophs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:735-753. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-43-4-735.
  2. Bowman JP. Family V. Methylocystaceae fam. nov. In: Garrity GM, Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 2, Part C, Springer, New York, 2005, p. 411-413.