Name: "Methanosalsus" Boone et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.sal.sus. L. masc. perf. part. salsus, salted; N.L. masc. n. Methanosalsus

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanosals-)

Type species: "Methanosalsus zhilinaeae" (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone et al. 1993

Original publication: Boone, R D, Whitman WB, Rouviere P. Diversity and taxonomy of methanogens. In: Ferry JG (eds), Methanogenesis, Chapman and Hall, Inc., New York, 1993, p. 35-80.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002. 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.

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
    "Methanosalsus zhilinaeae" (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone et al. 1993	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Boone, R D, Whitman WB, Rouviere P. Diversity and taxonomy of methanogens. In: Ferry JG (eds), Methanogenesis, Chapman and Hall, Inc., New York, 1993, p. 35-80.

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Record number: 40311