Name: Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981
Etymology: Me.tha.no.mi.cro.bi.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. microbium, microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Methanomicrobium, methane (-producing) small life (-form)
Gender: neuter (stem: Methanomicrobi-)
Type species: Methanomicrobium mobile (Paynter and Hungate 1968) Balch and Wolfe 1981
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanomicrobium antiquum Mochimaru et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanomicrobium mobile (Paynter and Hungate 1968) Balch and Wolfe 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanomicrobium paynteri Rivard et al. 1984 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Assigned by: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
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Record number: 517076