Name: "Methanomonas" Orla-Jensen 1909

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Gender: feminine (stem: Methanomonad-)

Original publication: Orla-Jensen S. Die Hauptlinien des natürlichen Bakteriensystems. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1909; 22:305-346.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Methanomonadaceae" Breed et al. 1957. Publication: Waksman SA. Order V Actinomycetales. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 778.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Orla-Jensen (1921) assigned this genus to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
  • 🧕 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae". Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alethanomonas"; "Methanomona"; "Mezhanomonas"; "Mothanomonas".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MEMN" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methanomonas margaritae" Takeda et al. 1974	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Methanomonadaceae" Breed et al. 1957

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 1762