Name: Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.sae.ta. 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. fem. n. saeta, bristle; N.L. fem. n. Methanosaeta, methane (-producing) bristle

Gender: feminine (stem: Methanosaet-)

Type species: Methanosaeta concilii (Patel 1985) Patel and Sprott 1990

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patel GB, Sprott GD. Methanosaeta concilii gen. nov., sp. nov. ("Methanothrix concilii") and Methanosaeta thermoacetophila nom. rev., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:79-82.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanothrix Huser et al. 1983

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 6

Parent taxon: Methanotrichaceae Akinyemi et al. 2021

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Record number: 517079
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