Name: Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999
Etymology: Me.tha.no.fol.lis. 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. masc. n. follis, a cushion or pillow inflated with air, a bag; N.L. masc. n. Methanofollis, methane-producing bag
Gender: masculine (stem: Methanofoll-)
Type species: Methanofollis tationis (Zabel et al. 1986) Zellner et al. 1999
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Zellner G, Boone DR, Keswani J, Whitman WB, Woese CR, Hagelstein A, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:247-255.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanofollis aquaemaris Lai and Chen 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanofollis ethanolicus Imachi et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanofollis fontis Chen et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanofollis formosanus Wu et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanofollis liminatans (Zellner et al. 1990) Zellner et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Methanofollis propanolicus" Dengler et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methanofollis tationis (Zabel et al. 1986) Zellner et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Zellner G, Boone DR, Keswani J, Whitman WB, Woese CR, Hagelstein A, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:247-255.
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