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Monotypic taxon:
Class
Methanobacteria
Boone 2002
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Methanobacteriota (Phylum)
..Archaeoglobi (Class)
..Halobacteria (Class)
..Hikarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Methanococci (Class)
..Methanofastidiosia (Candidate class)
..Methanoliparia (Candidate class)
..Methanomicrobia (Class)
..Methanonatronarchaeia (Class)
..Methanophagales (Candidate order)
..Methanopyri (Class)
..Methanosarcinia (Class)
..Ordosarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Penumbrarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Syntropharchaeia (Candidate class)
..Thalassarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Thermococci (Class)
..Thermoplasmata (Class)
..Methanobacteria (Class)
....Methanobacteriales (Order)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
D.R. Boone,
in
D.R. Boone
et al.
, eds., 2001/2002
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Boone, D.R. 2001.
In
D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz (eds.), Vol. 1: The
Archaea
and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic
Bacteria
.
In
G.M. Garrity (ed.),
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, New York.
: 213.
Validating publication
:
[Anonymous] 2002.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
52
(3)
: tbl. (p. 686: "class. nov.", "Boone").
Attributes
Orthographically correct name [ICNP, 2022: Rule 8 (class: not -ia; <2012)]
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN
: [20 May 2026] ("orthographically correct (nominative plural of a 2nd declension neuter noun)").
Types
Type
:
Methanobacteriales
(Order)
Balch and Wolfe 1981
Ref:
[Anonymous], 2002
: tbl. (p. 686).
[
new
]
Variants
Not validly published name
:
Methanobacteria
(Class)
Boone 2001 nom. inval.
Ref:
[Anonymous], 2002
: tbl. (p. 686).
[
new
]
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