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Problematic genera Methanothrix and Methanosaeta (LPSN link)

Methanosaeta (LPSN link)

Methanothrix (LPSN link)

Buchanan RE (1960) (reference relating to equivalent name) Buchanan, R.E. "Chemical terminology and microbiological nomenclature." Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon. (1960) 10:16-22. (Reprint: Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1994) 44:588-590). [No PubMed record available.]

Garrity GM et al. (2011) Garrity, G.M., Labeda, D.P., and Oren, A. "Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2011) 61:2775-2780.

Huser BA et al. (1982) Huser, B.A., Wuhrmann, K., and Zehnder, A.J.B. "Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium." Arch. Microbiol. (1982) 132:1-9. [No PubMed record available.]

JUDICIAL OPINION 75 (2008) Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: "Rejection of the genus name Methanothrix with the species Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983 and transfer of Methanothrix thermophila Kamagata et al. 1992 to the genus Methanosaeta as Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. Opinion 75." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:1753-1754. [Note: the request of Boone and Kamagata (1998) is approved by the Commission but the decision is subsequently challenged by Tindall (2008).]

JUDICIAL OPINION 75 SUPPL. (2014) Tindall, B.J. "The genus name Methanothrix Huser et al. 1983 and the species combination Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983 do not contravene Rule 31a and are not to be considered as rejected names, the genus name Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990 refers to the same taxon as Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983 and the species combination Methanothrix thermophila Kamagata et al. 1992 is rejected: Supplementary information to Opinion 75. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:3597-3598.

Patel GB & Sprott GD (1990) Patel, G.B., and Sprott, G.D. "Methanosaeta concilii gen. nov., sp. nov. ('Methanothrix concilii') and Methanosaeta thermoacetophila nom. rev., comb. nov." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1990) 40:79-82. [No PubMed record available.]

Tindall BJ (2008) Tindall, B.J. "Challenging Opinion 75." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:1768-1771.

VALIDATION LIST No. 10 (1983) VALIDATION LIST No. 10. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1983) 33:438-440.

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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.