Name: "Methanobacillus" Barker 1956

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Methanobacillus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methanobacill-), me-t^ha-no-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: "Methanobacillus omelianskii" (Barker 1936) Barker 1956

Original publication: Barker HA. Bacterial fermentations. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1956.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mcthanobacillus"; "Methanobaciltus"; "Methanobadllus".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MEBC" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methanobacillus omelianskii" (Barker 1936) Barker 1956	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Barker HA. Bacterial fermentations. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1956.

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Record number: 2540