Name DOI
10.1601/nm.227
Name
 Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Sowers et al. 1984
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Sowers et al. 1984
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
family
Nomenclatural Type
(genus on whose name the name of this taxon is based)
 Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ni et al. 1994
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Sowers et al. 1984
Nomenclatural History
The family Methanosarcinaceae was originally proposed by 1979. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 6 in 1981. Sowers et al. published an emended description of this family in 1984.
Citation
When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Name Abstract for Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Sowers et al. 1984.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.227.
Source File
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References

  1. Formal detailed proposal: Revision of classification in nomenclature 1979
  2. Sowers KR, Johnson JL, Ferry JG. Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:444-450. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-4-444.
  3. List Editor. Validation List no. 6. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-2-215.
  4. Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296. [PubMed].