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Order Methanopyrales
Name: Methanopyrales Huber and Stetter 2002
Etymology: Me.tha.no.py.ra’les. N.L. masc. n. Methanopyrus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanopyrales, the Methanopyrus order
Pronunciation, gender: me-tha-no-py-RA-les, feminine
Type genus: Methanopyrus Kurr et al. 1992
Effective publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order I. Methanopyrales ord. 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. 353-355. 🇺🇸
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
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Notes:
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
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🧕 Petitjean et al. (2015) assigned this order to the superclass "Methanomada" Petitjean et al. 2015.
Publication:
Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Brochier-Armanet C. Extending the conserved phylogenetic core of archaea disentangles the evolution of the third domain of life. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 32:1242-1254. 🇫🇷
- 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Methanopyrus Kurr et al. 1992 to this order. Publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order I. Methanopyrales ord. 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. 353-355. 🇺🇸
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 353-355".
Publication:
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.
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Methanopyraceae Huber and Stetter 2002 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Methanopyri Garrity and Holt 2002
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Class VII. Methanopyri class. 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. 353-355. 🇺🇸
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