Name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicia" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.me.thy.li’ci.a. N.L. masc. n. Methanomethylicus, a (Candidatus) methane-producing organism; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Methanomethylicia, the Methanomethylicus class [incorrectly formed: genus should have been the type]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-me-t^hy-LI-ki-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Effective publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanomethylia" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Vanwonterghem et al. (2016) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170. 🇦🇺
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Methanomethyliales Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 based on new Rule 22. Publication: Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanohydrogenales" Berghuis et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanomediales" Berghuis et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Methanomethyliales" Berghuis et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Methanomethyliales" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicales" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Methanomethyloarchaeales" Hua et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanomethylovorales" Hua et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺

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