Methylorubrum rhodesianum

Methylorubrum rhodesianum is a species of alphaproteobacteria.[3] It has been found on the International Space Station (ISS) amongst others.[4]

Methylorubrum rhodesianum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Hyphomicrobiales
Family:
Methylobacteriaceae
Genus:
Methylorubrum
Binomial name
Methylorubrum rhodesianum
(Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018[1]
Synonyms
  • Methylobacterium lusitanum Doronina et al. 2002[2]
  • Methylobacterium rhodesianum Green et al. 1988

References
  1. 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. S2CID 51698347.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A. (2005). "Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum". J Gen Appl Microbiol. 51 (5): 287–299. doi:10.2323/jgam.51.287. PMID 16314683. S2CID 35858788.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Green, P. N.; Bousfield, I. J.; Hood, D. (1988). "Three New Methylobacterium Species: M. rhodesianum sp. nov., M. zatmanii sp. nov., and M. fujisawaense sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 124–127. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-124. ISSN 0020-7713.
  4. Jacinta Bowler: Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station. sciencealert, 16 MARCH 2021

Further reading
  • Ackermann, Jörg-uwe; Müller, Susann; Lösche, Andreas; Bley, Thomas; Babel, wolfgang (1995). "Methylobacterium rhodesianum cells tend to double the DNA content under growth limitations and accumulate PHB". Journal of Biotechnology. 39 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/0168-1656(94)00138-3. ISSN 0168-1656.
  • Chen, Dong-Zhi; Ouyang, Du-Juan; Liu, Hong-Xia; Chen, Jing; Zhuang, Qing-Feng; Chen, Jian-Meng (2013). "Effective utilization of dichloromethane by a newly isolated strain Methylobacterium rhodesianum H13". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21 (2): 1010–1019. doi:10.1007/s11356-013-1972-7. ISSN 0944-1344. PMID 23856743. S2CID 10626224.


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