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Name: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Methanomicrobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanomicrobiaceae, the Methanomicrobium family
Type genus: Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981
Effective publication: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Methanofollaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Methanoculleaceae" Rinke et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Methanoculleaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolacinia Zellner et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanovulcanius Chien et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family I. Methanomicrobiaceae Barker 1956, 15AL emend. Balch and Wolfe in Balch, Fox, Magrum, Woese and Wolfe 1979, 268. 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. 247.
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Record number: 830