Name: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanoculleaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanofollaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanoculleaceae" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984	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 authority of the taxon name (Balch and Wolfe) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Balch et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 44; ATCC: 20; NBRC: 12; BCRC: 11; JCM: 7; CGMCC: 2; CCRC: 1.
  • 🧍 In volume one of the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, Methanomicrobiaceae is erroneously cited as Methanomicrobiaceae Barker 1956, 15AL emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979. Publication: 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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