Name: Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; from French masc. n. méthyle; from Chem. suff. -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
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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