Family Methanothermaceae
Name: Methanothermaceae Stetter 1982
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Methanothermus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanothermaceae, the Methanothermus family
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
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Notes:
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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.
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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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Methanothermus Stetter 1982 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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