Name: Methylomarinovum Hirayama et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy’lo.ma.ri.no’vum. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group (from French méthyle); N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea; L. neut. n. ovum, egg, oval; N.L. neut. n. Methylomarinovum, a methyl (group)-using oval-shaped bacterium from the sea

Gender: neuter (stem: Methylomarinov-)

Type species: Methylomarinovum caldicuralii Hirayama et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirayama H, Abe M, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Furushima Y, Yamamoto H, Takai K. Methylomarinovum caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic methanotroph isolated from a shallow submarine hydrothermal system, and proposal of the family Methylothermaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:989-999.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hirayama et al. (2024). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylomarinovum caldicuralii Hirayama et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylomarinovum tepidoasis Hirayama et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2019

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. On the nomenclatural types of Methylothermus thermalis Tsubota et al. 2005, Methylothermus Tsubota et al. 2005 and Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2014, their status under the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and valid publication of the names Methylothermus gen. nov., Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. and Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1890-1891.

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