Name: Methanothermus Stetter 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.ther.mus. 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); Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Methanothermus, methane(-producing) thermophile

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanotherm-)

Type species: Methanothermus fervidus Stetter 1982

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO, Thomm M, Winter J, Wildgruber G, Huber H, Zillig W, Janekovic D, König H, Palm P, Wunderl S. Methanothermus fervidus sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:166-178.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methanothermaceae Stetter 1982. Publication: Stetter KO, Thomm M, Winter J, Wildgruber G, Huber H, Zillig W, Jane-Covic D, König H, Palm P, Wunderl S. Methanothermus fervidus, sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:166-178.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mefhunothermus"; "Melhanolhermus"; "Methanolhermus"; "Methanothemus"; "Methanothennus"; "Methanothermiis"; "Methanothernnus"; "Methanotherrnus"; "Methanothnmus".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1988. Publication: Boone DR, Whitman WB. Proposal of Minimal Standards for Describing New Taxa of Methanogenic Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1988; 38:212-219.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1988. Publication: D.r. Boone WBW. Proposal of Minimal Standards for Describing New Taxa of Methanogenic Bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1988; 38:212-219.
  • 🖹 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 authority of the taxon name (Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Stetter et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "METM" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Stetter 1982 in Stetter, Thomm, Winter, Wildgruber, Huber, Zillig, Jane-Covic, König, Palm and Wunderl 1981.
  • 🧍 In the reference citation of Methanothermus Stetter1982 (see Validation List no. 8), the author's name Janekovic is cited as Jane-Covic. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.
  • 🧍 The name Methanothermus must be attributed to Stetter 1982 (in Stetter, Thomm, Winter, Wildgruber, Huber, Zillig, Janekovic, König, Palm and Wunderl 1981) not to Stetter et al. 1982 as cited in Validation List no. 8. Publication: Stetter KO. Genus I. Methanothermus Stetter 1982b, 267VP (Effective publication: Stetter in Stetter, Thomm, Winter, Wildgruber, Huber, Zillig, Janekovic, König, Palm and Wunderl 1981, 177). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 233-235.

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
    Methanothermus fervidus Stetter 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methanothermus sociabilis Stetter 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanothermaceae Stetter 1982

Assigned by: Stetter KO, Thomm M, Winter J, Wildgruber G, Huber H, Zillig W, Jane-Covic D, König H, Palm P, Wunderl S. Methanothermus fervidus, sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:166-178.

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