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Order Methanocellales

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Methanocellales Sakai et al. 2008, ord. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Methanocella Sakai et al. 2008.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Methanocella, type genus of the order; -ales, ending to donate an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanocellales, the order of the genus Methanocella.
Valid publication: SAKAI (S.), IMACHI (H.), HANADA (S.), OHASHI (A.), HARADA (H.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Methanocella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Rice Cluster I', and proposal of the new archaeal order Methanocellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 929-936.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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