Name: Methylocaldum Bodrossy et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.cal’dum. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl radical; L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; N.L. neut. n. Methylocaldum, heat-loving methylotroph

Gender: neuter (stem: Methylocald-)

Type species: Methylocaldum szegediense Bodrossy et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bodrossy L, Holmes EM, Holmes AJ, Kovacs KL, Murrell JC. Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:493-503.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Takeuchi et al. 2014 Takeuchi M, Kamagata Y, Oshima K, Hanada S, Tamaki H, Marumo K, Maeda H, Nedachi M, Hattori M, Iwasaki W, et al. Methylocaldum marinum sp. nov., a thermotolerant, methane-oxidizing bacterium isolated from marine sediments, and emended description of the genus Methylocaldum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3240-3246. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Meythylocaldum"; "Mothylocaldum".
  • 📧 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: DSM: 1; NCIMB: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylocaldum gracile (ex Romanovskaya et al. 1978) Bodrossy et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylocaldum marinum Takeuchi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylocaldum szegediense Bodrossy et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylocaldum tepidum Bodrossy et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Bodrossy L, Holmes EM, Holmes AJ, Kovacs KL, Murrell JC. Analysis of 16S rRNA and methane monooxygenase gene sequences reveals a novel group of thermotolerant and thermophilic methanotrophs, Methylocaldum gen. nov. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:493-503.

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