Name DOI
10.1601/nm.1437
Name
 (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Methylosinus (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Nomenclatural History
The genus Methylosinus was originally proposed by Wittenbury et al. 1970. It pre-dated the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names but was excluded from those lists. In 1993 the name was revived and validly published by Bowman et al..
Citation
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Name Abstract for Methylosinus (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1437.
Source File
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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. Wittenbury R, Davies SL, Davey JF. Exospores and cysts formed by methane-utilizing bacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 61:219-226.