Name: Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988
Etymology: Me.tha.no.cor.pus.cu.lum. 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. n. corpusculum, a little body, a particle; N.L. neut. n. Methanocorpusculum, a methane-producing particle
Gender: neuter (stem: Methanocorpuscul-)
Type species: Methanocorpusculum parvum Zellner et al. 1988
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Zellner G, Alten C, Stackebrandt E, Conway de Macario E, Winter J. Isolation and characterization of Methanocorpusculum parvum, gen. nov., spec. nov., a new tungsten requiring, coccoid methanogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 147:13-20.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanocorpusculum aggregans (Ollivier et al. 1985) Xun et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanocorpusculum bavaricum Zellner et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Methanocorpusculum equi" Gilroy et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methanocorpusculum faecipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methanocorpusculum labreanum Zhao et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanocorpusculum parvum Zellner et al. 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanocorpusculum sinense Zellner et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanocorpusculaceae Zellner et al. 1989
Assigned by: Zellner G, Stackebrandt E, Messner P, Tindall BJ, Conway de Macario E, Kneifel H, Sleytr UB, Winter J. Methanocorpusculaceae fam. nov., represented by Methanocorpusculum parvum, Methanocorpusculum sinense spec. nov. and Methanocorpusculum bavaricum spec. nov. Arch Microbiol 1989; 151:381-390.
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