Name: Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988
Etymology: Me.tha.no.ha.lo.bi.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); Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Methanohalobium, methane-producing organism living in salt
Gender: neuter (stem: Methanohalobi-)
Type species: Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988
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Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanohalobium evestigatus, n. gen., n. sp. The extremely halophylic methanogenic Archaebacterium. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1987; 293:464-468.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanohalobium evestigatus Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
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