Name DOI
10.1601/nm.211
Name
 Zellner et al. 1988 emend. Xun et al. 1989
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Zellner et al. 1988 emend. Xun et al. 1989
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 Zellner et al. 1988
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988 emend. Xun et al. 1989
Nomenclatural History
The genus Methanocorpusculum was originally proposed by Zellner et al. 1987. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 24 in 1988. Xun et al. published an emended description of this genus in 1989.

The type species of this genus is the subject of a pending Request for an Opinion.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988 emend. Xun et al. 1989.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.211.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on May 6, 2018.

References

  1. Zellner G, Alten C, Stackebrandt E, Conway de Macario E, Winter J. Isolation and characterization of Methanocorpusculum parvum, gen. nov., spec. nov., a new tungsten requiring, coccoid methanogen. Arch Microbiol 1987; 147:13-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00492898.
  2. List Editor. Validation List no. 24. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-1-136.
  3. Oren A, Garrity GM. The correct name of the type species of the genus Methanocorpusculum. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2013-2014. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000189 [PubMed].
  4. Xun L, Boone DR, Mah RA. Deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization study of Methanogenium and Methanocorpusculum species, emendation of the genus Methanocorpusculum, and transfer of Methanogenium aggregans to the genus Methanocorpusculum as Methanocorpusculum aggregans comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:109-111. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-2-109.