Name: Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.ni.mi.cro.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Methanimicrococcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanimicrococc-)

Type species: Methanimicrococcus blatticola corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanomicrococcus Sprenger et al. 2000	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Methanomicrococcus Sprenger et al. 2000. Publication: Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🖹 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Original spelling Methanomicrococcus (sic) has been corrected by the list editor, see: IJSEM 51, 267-268 (2001). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Methanomicrococcus (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Subdivision:

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: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanimicrococcus blatticola corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanimicrococcus hacksteinii" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Methanimicrococcus hongohii" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanimicrococcus labiotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanimicrococcus odontotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Methanimicrococcus stummii" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.

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Record number: 517063