Genus Methylosphaera
Name: Methylosphaera Bowman et al. 1998
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl radical; from French masc. n. méthyle; from French masc. n. méthylène; from Gr. neut. n. methy, wine; from Gr. fem. n. hylê, wood; N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to to the methyl radical; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Methylosphaera, methyl sphere
Gender: feminine (stem: Methylosphaer-)
Type species: Methylosphaera hansonii Bowman et al. 1998
Effective publication:
Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Skerrat JH. Methylosphaera hansonii gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, group I methanotroph from Antarctic marine-salinity, meromictic lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 1997; 143:1451-1459. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mothylosphaera".
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 Methylosphaera hansonii Bowman et al. 1998 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Assigned by:
Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Skerrat JH. Methylosphaera hansonii gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, group I methanotroph from Antarctic marine-salinity, meromictic lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 1997; 143:1451-1459.
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Record number: 517283
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