Name DOI
10.1601/nm.2401
Name
 Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
family
Nomenclatural Type
(genus on whose name the name of this taxon is based)
 Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Bowman et al. 1993
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993
Nomenclatural History
The family Methylococcaceae was originally proposed by Whittenbury and Krieg 1984. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 15 in 1984. Bowman et al. published an emended description of this family in 1993.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.2401.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on February 28, 2019.

References

  1. List Editor. Validation List no. 15. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-3-355.
  2. Bowman JP, Sly LI, Nichols PD, Hayward AC. Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: Description of Methylobacter gen.nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the Group I Methanotrophs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:735-753. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-43-4-735.
  3. Whittenbury R, Krieg NR. Family IV. Methylococcaceae fam. nov. In: Holt JG (ed), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, First Edition, Volume 1, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 256-261.