Name: Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002
Etymology: Me.tha.no.sal.sum. 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); L. neut. perf. part. salsum, salted, salty; N.L. neut. n. Methanosalsum, the salty methane (bacterium)
Gender: neuter (stem: Methanosals-)
Type species: Methanosalsum zhilinae (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone and Baker 2002
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Boone DR, Baker CC. Genus VI Methanosalsum 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. 287-289.
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Methanosalsus" Boone et al. 1993 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanosalsum natronophilum Sorokin et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanosalsum zhilinae (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone and Baker 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Boone DR, Baker CC. Genus VI Methanosalsum 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. 287-289.
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