Notes:

• 1) 'Nom. approb.' (= nomen approbatum, = approved name) refers to a name which is included in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
• 2) 'Nom. cons.' (= nomen conservandum, = conserved name) refers to a name selected by the procedure under its Code and meant to be used for all earlier synonyms and homonyms.

Comments and References:

Methanococcus (LPSN link)

Barker HA (1936) Barker, H.A. "Studies upon the methane-producing bacteria." Arch. Mikrobiol. (1936) 7:420-438. [No PubMed record available.]

Jeanthon C et al. (1999b) Jeanthon, C., L'Haridon, S., Pradel, N., and Prieur, D. "Rapid identification of hyperthermophilic methanococci isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49:591-594.

JUDICIAL OPINION 62 (1986) Judicial Commision of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: "Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina as Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984 and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved Lists, 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984 with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved Lists, 1980) as the type species." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1986) 36:491. [No PubMed record available.]

JUDICIAL OPINION 79 (2005) Judicial Commision of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:517-518.

Keswani J et al. (1996) Keswani, J., Orkand, S., Premachandran, U., Mandelco, L., Franklin, M.J., and Whitman, W.B. "Phylogeny and taxonomy of mesophilic Methanococcus spp. and comparison of rRNA, DNA hybridization, and phenotypic methods." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46:727-735.

Mah RA & Kuhn DA (1984) Mah, R.A., and Kuhn, D.A. "Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina naming it Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved Lists, 1980) with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved Lists, 1980) as the type species. Request for an opinion." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:263-265. [No PubMed record available.]

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

Wayne LG (1986) Wayne, L.G. "Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in1983 and 1984." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1986) 36:357-358. [No PubMed record available.]

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.