Name: Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981
Etymology: Me.tha.no.ge.ni.um. 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. neut. n. suff. -genium, producing; from L. v. geno, to produce; N.L. neut. n. Methanogenium, methane-producing
Gender: neuter (stem: Methanogeni-)
Type species: Methanogenium cariaci Romesser et al. 1981
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Romesser JA, Wolfe RS, Mayer F, Spiess E, Walther-Mauruschat A. Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanogenium cariaci sp. nov. and Methanogenium marisnigri sp. nov. Arch. Mikrobiol. 1979; 121:147-153.
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 14
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanogenium aggregans Ollivier et al. 1985 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Methanogenium boonei" Kendall et al. 2007 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methanogenium bourgense Ollivier et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanogenium cariaci Romesser et al. 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanogenium frigidum Franzmann et al. 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanogenium frittonii Harris et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanogenium liminatans Zellner et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanogenium marinum Chong et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanogenium marisnigri Romesser et al. 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanogenium olentangyi Corder et al. 1988 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanogenium organophilum Widdel et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanogenium tatii Zabel et al. 1986 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Methanogenium tationis corrig. Zabel et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanogenium thermophilicum Rivard and Smith 1982 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family I. Methanomicrobiaceae Barker 1956, 15AL emend. Balch and Wolfe in Balch, Fox, Magrum, Woese and Wolfe 1979, 268. 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. 247.
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