Name: Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.spi.ril.la’ce.ae. N.L. neut. dim. n. Methanospirillum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanospirillaceae, the Methanospirillum family

Pronunciation, gender: me-t^ha-no-spi-ril-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family III. Methanospirillaceae 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. 264-267.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methanospiraceae"; "Methanospirareceae".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; NBRC: 4; DSM: 3; ATCC: 2; OCM: 2; CGMCC: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 264-267". 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methanofilum" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family III. Methanospirillaceae 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. 264-267.

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Record number: 842