Name:Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category: Genus
Proposed as: gen. nov.
Etymology:
Me.tha.no.bac.te.ri.um. 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. neut. n.bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n.Methanobacterium, methane (-producing) rod
Effective publication:
Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Methanobacteria Boone 2002.Publication:
Boone DR. Class I. Methanobacteria class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 213-235.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the domain Archaea Woese et al. 2024.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the kingdom Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981.Publication:
Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of four additional phylum names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6024.
🧕 Balch et al. (1979) assigned this genus to the order Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981.Publication:
Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
🧕 Göker and Oren (2023) assigned this genus to the phylum Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of four additional phylum names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6024.
🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this genus to the kingdom Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
🧕 Woese and Fox (1977) assigned this genus to the kingdom "Archaebacteria" Woese and Fox 1977.Publication:
Woese CR, Fox GE. Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1977; 74:5088-5090.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afethanobacterium"; "Iethanobacterium"; "Jltlethanobacterium"; "Melhanobacterium"; "Methabacterium"; "Methanabacterium"; "Methanbacterium"; "Methanobacte"; "Methanobacter"; "Methanobacteritum"; "Methanobacteriurn"; "Methanobacterlum"; "Methanobacterum"; "Methanobactmum"; "Methanobactnium"; "Methanobacttrium"; "Methanobaeterium"; "Methanobatterium"; "Methanohacterium"; "Methmobacterium"; "Methunobacferium"; "Methunobacterium"; "Metkanobacterium"; "Mlethanobacterium"; "Mnhanobacterium"; "Mtthanobacterium".
🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1988.Publication:
Boone DR, Whitman WB. Proposal of Minimal Standards for Describing New Taxa of Methanogenic Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1988; 38:212-219.
🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1988.Publication:
D.r. Boone WBW. Proposal of Minimal Standards for Describing New Taxa of Methanogenic Bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1988; 38:212-219.
🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2023.Publication:
Prakash O, Dodsworth JA, Dong X, Ferry JG, L'Haridon S, Imachi H, Kamagata Y, Rhee SK, Sagar I, Shcherbakova V, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of methanogenic archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5500.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 40; JCM: 19; ATCC: 17; VKM: 15; NBRC: 13; CGMCC: 3; BCRC: 1.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MEBT" 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: 27 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37 Total number of child taxa: 44