Methanosaetaceae

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Family Methanosaetaceae

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification - List of genera included in the family - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".

Methanosaetaceae Boone et al. 2002, fam. nov. (Illegitimate)
Type genus: ¤ Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Methanosaeta, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosaetaceae, the Methanosaeta family.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 85. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 685-690. [BOONE (D.R.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and KOGA (Y.): Family II. Methanosaetaceae fam. nov. In: D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ and G.M. GARRITY (eds): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 289.]
Validation List N° 85 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format)

Note: In Validation List n° 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 289-294".

Note: The family name Methanosaetaceae Boone et al. 2002 is illegitimate because the type genus ¤ Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990 is illegitimate.