Name: Methanosarcinia Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.sar.ci’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Methanosarcina, type genus of the order class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Methanosarcinia, class of the order Methanosarcinales [incorrectly formed: genus should have been the type]

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanosarcinia" Rinke et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanocellia" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanocellia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this class to the phylum Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order Methanotrichales Akinyemi et al. 2021 to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 69; JCM: 26; ATCC: 26; NBRC: 17; VKM: 7; CGMCC: 5; BCRC: 4; KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1; CCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanocellales Sakai et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 43495