Name: Methanotorris Whitman 2002
Etymology: Me.tha.no.tor.ris. 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. masc. n. torris, a brand, firebrand; N.L. masc. n. Methanotorris, the methane-producer at fiery temperatures
Gender: masculine (stem: Methanotorr-)
Type species: Methanotorris igneus (Burggraf et al. 1990) Whitman 2002
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Whitman WB. Genus II. Methanotorris gen. 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. 245-246.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Methanoignis" Boone et al. 1993 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Methanotorris formicicus Takai et al. 2004 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methanotorris igneus (Burggraf et al. 1990) Whitman 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002
Assigned by: Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y. Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae 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. 242-246.
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Record number: 516056