Family Methylococcaceae
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).
Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Methylococcus Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Methylococcus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylococcaceae, the Methylococcus family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357.
Effective publication: WHITTENBURY (R.) and KRIEG (N.R.): Family Methylococcaceae. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, pp. 256-261.
Validation List no. 15 in IJSEM Online
→ Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993.
Type genus: ¤ Methylococcus Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Methylococcus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylococcaceae, the Methylococcus family.
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.), SLY (L.I.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and HAYWARD (A.C.): Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen. nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 735-753.
Original article in IJSEM Online
