Name: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Methanosarcina, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosarcinaceae, the Methanosarcina family
Type genus: Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 14
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Halomethanococcus Yu and Kawamura 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanococcoides Sowers and Ferry 1985 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Methanofrustulum" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Methanolapillus" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanomethylovorans Lomans et al. 2004 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanomicrococcus Sprenger et al. 2000 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Methanosalsus" Boone et al. 1993 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP, conserved name | correct name |
"Candidatus Methanovorans" Chadwick et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002
Assigned by: 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.
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Record number: 840