Name DOI
10.1601/nm.2413
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
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= =)
Proper Form
Methylobacter agilis (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
Nomenclatural History
The species Methylobacter agilis was originally described 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.. In 1995, Bowman et al. established as the basonym of (Bowman et al. 1993) Bowman et al. 1995 .
Citation
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Name Abstract for Methylobacter agilis (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.2413.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on April 9, 2010.

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.
  3. Bowman JP, Sly LI, Stackebrandt E. The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:182-185. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-1-182 [PubMed].