Methylorubrum

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Methylorubrum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Methylobacteriaceae
Genus: Methylorubrum
Green and Ardley 2018 [1]
Type species
Methylorubrum extorquens
(Urakami and Komagata 1984) Green and Ardley 2018 [2]
Species
Synonyms [1]
  • ProtomonasUrakami and Komagata 1984

Methylorubrum is a genus of bacteria from the family Methylobacteriaceae . [2] The taxonomic validity of Methylorubrum is debated. [3]

In 2018, 11 Methylobacterium species, including Methylobacterium extorquens , were transfered to Methylorubrum. [2] This emendation mostly relied on the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny. In 2021 and 2022, two studies based on phylogenomic and phenotypic data independently pointed the lack of support for Methylorubrum as a distinct genus, calling for its abandonment and the reinstatement of the former Methylobacterium taxonomy. [4] [5] In 2025, despite controversy, and its emendation back to the original Methylobacterium taxonomy, [5] Methylorubrum was still a valid genus name in some databases like NCBI and in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Methylorubrum". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Green PN, Ardley JK (2018). "Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: A proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 68 (9): 2727–2748. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002856 . PMID   30024371.
  3. 1 2 Alleman AB, Stolyar S, Marx CJ, Leducq JB (2025). "Led astray by 16S rRNA: phylogenomics reaffirms the monophyly of Methylobacterium and lack of support for Methylorubrum as a genus". ISME J. doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf011 . PMID   39834026.
  4. Leducq JB, Sneddon D, Santos M, Condrain Morel D, Bourret G, Martinez Gomez NC, Lee JA, Foster JA, Stolyar S, Shapiro BJ, Kembel SW, Sullivan JM, Marx CJ (2022). "Comprehensive Phylogenomics of "Methylobacterium" Reveals Four Evolutionary Distinct Groups and Underappreciated Phyllosphere Diversity". GBE. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evac123 . PMID   35906926.
  5. 1 2 Alessa O, Ogura Y, Fujitani Y, Takami H, Hayashi T, Sahin N, Tani A (2021). "Comprehensive Comparative Genomics and Phenotyping of Methylobacterium Species". Front Microbiol. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.740610 . PMID   34737731.