Name: Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.cal.do.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Methanocaldococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanocaldococcaceae, the Methanocaldococcus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-kal-do-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

Effective publication: Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y. Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 242-246. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 12; JCM: 10; ATCC: 4; NBRC: 2; CIP: 2; OCM: 2; KACC: 1.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 242-246". Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanocaldococcus" Boone et al. 1993	not validly published	synonym
    "Methanoignis" Boone et al. 1993	not validly published	synonym
    Methanotorris Whitman 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y. Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 242-246. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 815