Name: "Methanosphaerulaceae" Rinke et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.sphae.ru.la.ce’ae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Methanosphaerula, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosphaerulaceae, the Methanosphaerula family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Methanosphaerula Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009

Original publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanosphaerulaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012. Publication: Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.

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Record number: 45448