Name: Methermicoccus Cheng et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.ther.mi.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. Methermicoccus, arbitrary name referring to a small, thermophilic, methane-producing coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Methermicocc-)

Type species: Methermicoccus shengliensis Cheng et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cheng L, Qiu TL, Yin XB, Wu XL, Hu GQ, Deng Y, Zhang H. Methermicoccus shengliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen isolated from oil-production water, and proposal of Methermicoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2964-2969.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methermicoccaceae Cheng et al. 2007. Publication: Cheng L, Qiu TL, Yin XB, Wu XL, Hu GQ, Deng Y, Zhang H. Methermicoccus shengliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen isolated from oil-production water, and proposal of Methermicoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2964-2969.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Metharmicoccus"; "Methennicaccus".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2023. Publication: Prakash O, Dodsworth JA, Dong X, Ferry JG, L'Haridon S, Imachi H, Kamagata Y, Rhee SK, Sagar I, Shcherbakova V, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of methanogenic archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5500.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methermicoccus shengliensis Cheng et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methermicoccaceae Cheng et al. 2007

Assigned by: Cheng L, Qiu TL, Yin XB, Wu XL, Hu GQ, Deng Y, Zhang H. Methermicoccus shengliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen isolated from oil-production water, and proposal of Methermicoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2964-2969.

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