Methylorubrum rhodesianum

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

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

Methylorubrum rhodesianum has the potential to be a biofertilizer due to its ability to fix nitrogen. By associating with plants, it can enhance nutrients and support plant growth, helping improve agricultural practices in a sustainable way.

  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.
  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.
  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