Name: Halomethanococcus Yu and Kawamura 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.me.tha.no.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; from French masc. n. méthyle; from Chem. neut. suff. -ane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Halomethanococcus, the salt-methane coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Halomethanococc-), ha-lo-me-t^ha-no-KOK-kus

Type species: Halomethanococcus doii Yu and Kawamura 1988

Effective publication: Yu IK, Kawamura F. Halomethanococcus doii gen. nov., sp. nov.: an obligately halophilic methanogenic bacterium from solar salt ponds. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:303-310.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

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: "Halamethanocaccus"; "Halomethanowccus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HMCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    Halomethanococcus doii Yu and Kawamura 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Halomethanococcus mahi" Paterek and Smith 1985	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: L'Haridon S, Chalopin M, Colombo D, Toffin L. Methanococcoides vulcani sp. nov., a marine methylotrophic methanogen that uses betaine, choline and N,N-dimethylethanolamine for methanogenesis, isolated from a mud volcano, and emended description of the genus Methanococcoides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1978-1983.

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Record number: 517243