Name: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983
Etymology: Me.tha.no.lo.bus. 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); L. masc. n. lobus, ball lobe; N.L. masc. n. Methanolobus, methane (-producing) lobe
Gender: masculine (stem: Methanolob-)
Type species: Methanolobus tindarius König and Stetter 1983
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: König H, Stetter KO. Isolation and characterization of Methanolobus tindarius, sp. nov., a coccoid methanogen growing only on methanol and methylamines. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:478-490.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanolobus bombayensis Kadam et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus chelungpuianus Wu and Lai 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus halotolerans Shen et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus mangrovi Zhou et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus oregonensis (Liu et al. 1990) Boone 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus profundi Mochimaru et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Methanolobus psychrophilus" Zhang et al. 2008 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Methanolobus psychrotolerans Chen et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus sediminis Zhou et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus siciliae Stetter and König 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Methanolobus taylorii Oremland and Boone 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus tindarius König and Stetter 1983 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus vulcani Stetter et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanolobus zinderi Doerfert et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Boone DR. Genus V. Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983, 439VP. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 283-287.
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