Name: Methanosaetaceae Boone et al. 2002

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.sae.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Methanosaeta, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosaetaceae, the Methanosaeta family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-sa͡e-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990

Effective publication: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family II. Methanosaetaceae 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. 289-294. 🇺🇸

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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanotrichaceae Akinyemi et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanotrichaceae Akinyemi et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanotrichaceae" Oren 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the order Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002. Publication: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Order III. Methanosarcinales ord. 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. 268-294. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned this family to the order Methanotrichales Akinyemi et al. 2021. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990 to this family. Publication: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family II. Methanosaetaceae 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. 289-294. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Methanothrix Huser et al. 1983 to this family. Publication: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family II. Methanosaetaceae 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. 289-294. 🇺🇸
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Methanotrichaceae Akinyemi et al. 2021.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 289-294". 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.
  • 🧍 The family name Methanosaetaceae Boone et al. 2002 is illegitimate because the type genus Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990 is illegitimate. Publication: Patel GB, Sprott GD. Methanosaeta concilii gen. nov., sp. nov. ("Methanothrix concilii") and Methanosaeta thermoacetophila nom. rev., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:79-82.

Parent taxon: Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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