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Name: Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000
Etymology: Me.tha.ni.mi.cro.coc’cus. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); N.L. masc. n. coccus, a spherical microbe; N.L. masc. n. Methanimicrococcus, a small methaneforming coccus
Gender: masculine (stem: Methanimicrococc-)
Type species: Methanimicrococcus blatticola corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Methanomicrococcus Sprenger et al. 2000 | other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling |
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: 6
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Methanimicrococcus blatticola corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Methanimicrococcus hacksteinii" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Methanimicrococcus hongohii" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methanimicrococcus labiotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methanimicrococcus odontotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Methanimicrococcus stummii" Protasov and Brune 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by:
Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.
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Record number: 517063