Name: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Subdivision:

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

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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