Name: Halomethanococcus Yu and Kawamura 1988
Etymology: Ha.lo.me.tha.no.coc.cus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; 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); N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Halomethanococcus, the salt-methane coccus
Gender: masculine (stem: Halomethanococc-)
Type species: Halomethanococcus doii Yu and Kawamura 1988
Effective publication: Yu IK, Kawamura F. Halomethanococcus doii gen. nov., sp. nov.: an obligately halophilic methanogenic bacterium from solar salt ponds. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:303-310.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Halomethanococcus doii Yu and Kawamura 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Halomethanococcus mahi" Paterek and Smith 1985 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: L'Haridon S, Chalopin M, Colombo D, Toffin L. Methanococcoides vulcani sp. nov., a marine methylotrophic methanogen that uses betaine, choline and N,N-dimethylethanolamine for methanogenesis, isolated from a mud volcano, and emended description of the genus Methanococcoides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1978-1983.
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