Boden Rich, Oren Aharon
School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Sustainble Earth Institute, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017 Sep;67(9):3685. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002208. Epub 2017 Aug 22.
Methylothermus thermalis, the designated type species of the genus Methylothermus, is not available from culture collections and its nomenclatural type is a patent strain. According to Rule 20a of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, only species whose names are legitimate may serve as types of genera. Therefore, the name Methylothermus and the names of the species Methylothermus thermalis and Methylothermus subterraneus are not validly published and are illegitimate. We therefore submit a Request for an Opinion to the Judicial Commission of the ICSP to consider the later-named Methylothermus subterraneus as the new type species of the genus Methylothermus based on Rule 20e(2).
嗜热甲基营养菌（Methylothermus thermalis）是甲基营养菌属（Methylothermus）指定的模式种，无法从菌种保藏中心获得，其命名模式是一株专利菌株。根据《国际原核生物命名法规》第20a条规则，只有名称合法的物种才能作为属的模式。因此，甲基营养菌属名以及嗜热甲基营养菌和地下甲基营养菌这两个物种的名称未得到有效发表，是不合法的。因此，我们向国际原核生物系统学委员会司法委员会提交了一份意见征求请求，以根据第20e(2)条规则，将后来命名的地下甲基营养菌视为甲基营养菌属的新模式种。
