Name: Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Methanobacterium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanobacteriaceae, the Methanobacterium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Barker HA. Bacterial fermentations. John Wiley, New York, 1956.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanothermobacteraceae" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanothermobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this family to the subkingdom "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mathanobacteriaceae"; "Mathonobacteriaceae"; "Methanobacteniaceae"; "Methanobactniaceae"; "Methanobateriaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 88; OCM: 52; JCM: 39; ATCC: 36; VKM: 23; NBRC: 18; CGMCC: 3; CECT: 2; KCTC: 2; BCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methanacia" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Methanarmilla" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Methanobacillus" Barker 1956	not validly published	preferred name
    Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanobaculum" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Methanobinarius" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanocatella" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Methanoflexus" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Methanorudis" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Methanosphaera Miller and Wolin 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanovirga" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), 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. 119-166. 🇺🇸

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