Name: Methanothermaceae Stetter 1982

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Methanothermus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanothermaceae, the Methanothermus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Methanothermus Stetter 1982

Effective publication: Stetter KO, Thomm M, Winter J, Wildgruber G, Huber H, Zillig W, Jane-Covic D, König H, Palm P, Wunderl S. Methanothermus fervidus, sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:166-178.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

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: "Methanothernaceae".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Stetter et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 In the reference citation of Methanothermaceae Stetter1982 (see: Validation List no. 8), the author's name Janekovic is cited as Jane-Covic. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.
  • 🧍 The name Methanothermaceae must be attributed to Stetter 1982 (in Stetter, Thomm, Winter, Wildgruber, Huber, Zillig, Janekovic, König, Palm and Wunderl 1981) not to Stetter et al. 1982 as cited in Validation List no. 8. Publication: Stetter KO. Family II. Methanothermaceae Stetter 1982b, 226VP (Effective publication: Stetter in Stetter, Thomm, Winter, Wildgruber, Huber, Zillig, Janekovic, König, Palm and Wunderl 1981, 176). 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. 233.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanothermus Stetter 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Stetter KO, Thomm M, Winter J, Wildgruber G, Huber H, Zillig W, Jane-Covic D, König H, Palm P, Wunderl S. Methanothermus fervidus, sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:166-178.

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Record number: 844