Name: Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.re.gu.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Methanoregula, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanoregulaceae, the Methanoregula family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Methanoregula Bräuer et al. 2011

Valid publication: Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanosphaerulaceae" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanosphaerulaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Braeuer et al. (2011). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; JCM: 3; NBRC: 3; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanolinea Imachi et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methanoregula Bräuer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Methanoregula" Bräuer et al. 2006	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Methanosphaerula Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Sakai S, Ehara M, Tseng IC, Yamaguchi T, Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zinder SH, Imachi H. Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1389-1395.

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Record number: 1939