Etymology:
Me.tha.no.py.rus. 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); Gr. neut. n.pŷr, fire; N.L. masc. n.Methanopyrus, the “methane fire” (the hyperthermophilic methanogen)
Effective publication:
Kurr M, Huber R, König H, Jannasch HW, Fricke H, Trincone A, Kristjansson JK, Stetter KO. Methanopyrus kandleri, gen. and sp. nov. represents a novel group of hyperthermophilic methanogens, growing at 110°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 156:239-247.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 41. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:327-328.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Methanopyri Garrity and Holt 2002.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. Class VII. Methanopyri class. nov. 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. 353-355.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methanopyraceae Huber and Stetter 2002.Publication:
Huber H, Stetter KO. Family I. Methanopyraceae fam. nov. 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. 353-355.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Methanopyrales Huber and Stetter 2002.Publication:
Huber H, Stetter KO. Order I. Methanopyrales ord. nov. 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. 353-355.
🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the order Methanopyrales Huber and Stetter 2002.Publication:
Huber H, Stetter KO. Order I. Methanopyrales ord. nov. 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. 353-355.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methanopryus"; "Methanopynrus"; "Methanopyriis"; "Methanopytus"; "Methaoopyrus".
🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2023.Publication:
Prakash O, Dodsworth JA, Dong X, Ferry JG, L'Haridon S, Imachi H, Kamagata Y, Rhee SK, Sagar I, Shcherbakova V, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of methanogenic archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5500.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MEPY" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 1
Assigned by:
Huber H, Stetter KO. Family I. Methanopyraceae fam. nov. 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. 353-355.
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