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Family "Methanosphaerulaceae"
Name: "Methanosphaerulaceae" Rinke et al. 2021
Etymology: Me.tha.no.sphae.ru.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Methanosphaerula, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosphaerulaceae, the Methanosphaerula family
Pronunciation, gender: me-tha-no-spha͡e-ru-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Methanosphaerula Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009
Original 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. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Methanosphaerulaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012.
Publication:
Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012.
Publication:
Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.
Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981
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Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.
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Record number: 45448
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