Name DOI
10.1601/nm.235
Name
 (Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
Proper Form
Methanosarcina methanica (Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The species Methanosarcina methanica was originally described by Kluyver and van Niel 1936. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. This name was placed onto the nomina taxorum rejicienda by Judicial Opinion 63 in 1986.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Methanosarcina methanica (Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.235.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on September 24, 2009.

References

  1. Mah RA, Kuhn DA. Rejection of the Type Species Methanosarcina methanica (Approved Lists 1980), Conservation of the Genus Methanosarcina with Methanosarcina barkeri (Approved Lists 1980) as the Type Species, and Emendation of the Genus Methanosarcina. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:266-267. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-2-266.
  2. Judicial Commission. Opinion 63: Rejection of the Type Species Methanosarcina methanica (Approved Lists, 1980) and Conservation of the Genus Methanosarcina (Approved Lists, 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984 with Methanosarcina barkeri (Approved Lists, 1980) as the Type Species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:492-492. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-3-492.
  3. Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1936; 94:369-403.
  4. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
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