Name: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

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. n. culleus, a leather bag, a sack for holding liquids; N.L. masc. n. Methanoculleus, methane producing bag

Type species: Methanoculleus bourgensis corrig. (Ollivier et al. 1986) Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Maestrojuán GM, Boone DR, Xun L, Mah RA, Zhang L. Transfer of Methanogenium bourgense, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanogenium olentangyi, and Methanogenium thermophilicum to the genus Methanoculleus gen. nov., emendation of Methanoculleus marisnigri and Methanogenium and description of new strains of Methanoculleus bourgense and Methanoculleus marisnigri. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:117-122.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981. Publication: Corder RE, Hook LA, Larkin JM, Frea JI. Isolation and characterization of two new methane-producing cocci: Methanogenium olentangyi, sp. nov., and Methanococcus deltae, sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 134:28-32.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981. Publication: Ollivier BM, Mah RA, Garcia JL, Boone DR. Isolation and characterization of Methanogenium bourgense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:297-301.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanoculleus bourgense (sic) (Ollivier et al. 1986) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	misspelling	synonym
    Methanoculleus bourgensis corrig. (Ollivier et al. 1986) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus chikugoensis Dianou et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus horonobensis Shimizu et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus hydrogenitrophicus Tian et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus marisnigri (Romesser et al. 1981) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus oldenburgensis Blotevogel et al. 1998	validly published	synonym
    Methanoculleus olentangyi (Corder et al. 1988) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	validly published	synonym
    Methanoculleus palmolei Zellner et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus receptaculi Cheng et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus sediminis Chen et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus submarinus Mikucki et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus taiwanensis Weng et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Methanoculleus thermophilicus (sic) (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	misspelling	synonym
    Methanoculleus thermophilus corrig. (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Dianou D, Miyaki T, Asakawa S, Morii H, Nagaoka K, Oyaizu H, Matsumoto S. Methanoculleus chikugoensis sp. nov., a novel methanogenic archaeon isolated from paddy field soil in Japan, and DNA-DNA hybridization among Methanoculleus species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1663-1669.

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