Name: Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane, [from French n. méthyle and chemical suffix -ane]; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; M.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Methanocaldococcus, a coccus producing methane at hyperthermophilic growth temperatures

Type species: Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Jones et al. 1984) Whitman 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Whitman WB. Genus I. Methanocaldococcus gen. 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. 243-245.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002. Publication: Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y. Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. 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. 242-246.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Jones WJ, Leigh JA, Mayer F, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanococcus jannaschii sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:254-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanocaldococcus bathoardescens Stewart et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Methanocaldococcus fervens (Jeanthon et al. 1999) Whitman 2002	validly published	correct name
    Methanocaldococcus indicus L'Haridon et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Methanocaldococcus infernus (Jeanthon et al. 1998) Whitman 2002	validly published	correct name
    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Jones et al. 1984) Whitman 2002	validly published	correct name
    Methanocaldococcus villosus Bellack et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Methanocaldococcus vulcanius (Jeanthon et al. 1999) Whitman 2002	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002

Assigned by: Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y. Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. 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. 242-246.

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