Title


Family Methanospirillaceae

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).


 

Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Methanospirillum, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanospirillaceae, the Methanospirillum family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 85. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 685-690.
Effective publication: BOONE (D.R.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and KOGA (Y.): Family III. Methanospirillaceae fam. nov. In: D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ and G.M. GARRITY (editors): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 264.
Validation List no. 85 in IJSEM Online

Note: In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 264-267".

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