Name: Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Me.tha.no.spi.ril.lum. 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. fem. n. speîra, a spire; N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Methanospirillum, methane (-producing) spiral
Gender: neuter (stem: Methanospirill-)
Type species: Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Ferry JG, Smith PH, Wolfe RS. Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:465-469.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanospirillum hungatii Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Methanospirillum lacunae Iino et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanospirillum psychrodurum Zhou et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanospirillum stamsii Parshina et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002
Assigned by: Boone DR, Whitman WB, Koga Y. Family III. Methanospirillaceae 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. 264-267.
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Record number: 517082