Methylobacter whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013 Methylococcales Bowman 2005 Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993 Methylobacter Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Bowman et al. 1995 Methylobacter whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993 Methylobacter Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Bowman et al. 1995 Methylobacter pelagicus (Sieburth et al. 1988) Bowman et al. 1993 Methylobacter agilis (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 Methylobacter albus (ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 Methylobacter tundripaludum Wartiainen et al. 2006 Methylobacter marinus Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Orata et al. 2018 Methylobacter psychrophilus Omel'chenko et al. 2000 Methylobacter luteus (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993 Methylobacter oryzae Khatri et al. 2020 Methylococcus whittenburyi Romanovskaya et al. 1981 Methylobacter whittenburyi (Romanovskaya et al. 1981) Bowman et al. 1993 Bowman J.P. Sly L.I. Nichols P.D. Hayward A.C. 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. 1993 43 4 735 753 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-43-4-735 List Editor Validation List no. 7. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. 1981 31 3 382 383 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-31-3-382 Bowman J.P. Sly L.I. Stackebrandt E. The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae. 1995 45 1 182 185 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-45-1-182 7857800 Bowman J.P. Sly L.I. Nichols P.D. Hayward A.C. 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. 1993 43 4 735 753 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-43-4-735