Etymology:N.L. neut. n.Methanobacterium, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff.-ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n.Methanobacteriales, the Methanobacterium order
Effective publication:
Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Archaeobacteria Murray 1988.Publication:
Murray RGE. The higher taxa, or, a place for everything..? In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 31-34.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 211-355.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
🧕 Woese et al. (1990) assigned this order to the kingdom "Euryarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990.Publication:
Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
🧒 Balch et al. (1979) assigned the genus Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order.Publication:
Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Metahnobacteriales"; "Methanobacteniales"; "Methanobocterlales".
✏ The authority of the taxon name (Balch and Wolfe) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Balch et al.).
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 86; JCM: 37; ATCC: 35; VKM: 23; NBRC: 17; CGMCC: 3; KCTC: 2.
🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion.Publication:
Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.
🧍 On the Validation List no. 6, in violation of Rules 15 and 21a, the nomenclatural type is given as Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:725-727.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2 Total number of child taxa: 2
Assigned by:
Boone DR. Class I. Methanobacteria class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 213.
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