Name: "Methylothermaceae" Hirayama et al. 2014

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy’lo.ther.ma’ce.a.e. N.L. masc. n. Methylothermus, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylothermaceae, the family of the genus Methylothermus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Methylothermus" Tsubota et al. 2005

Original publication: Hirayama H, Abe M, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Furushima Y, Yamamoto H, Takai K. Methylomarinovum caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic methanotroph isolated from a shallow submarine hydrothermal system, and proposal of the family Methylothermaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:989-999.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🔨 This taxon name is replaced by Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2019.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published because the nomenclatural type is not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Methylococcales Bowman 2005

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Tindall BJ. On the nomenclatural types of Methylothermus thermalis Tsubota et al. 2005, Methylothermus Tsubota et al. 2005 and Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2014, their status under the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and valid publication of the names Methylothermus gen. nov., Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. and Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1890-1891.

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