Name: "Methanosarcinia" Rinke et al. 2021

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: me-t^ha-no-sar-KI-ni-a, neuter

Type order: Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002

Original publication: 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. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanosarcinia Chuvochina et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned this class to the phylum "Halobacteriota" Rinke et al. 2021. Publication: 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Akinyemi et al. (2021) assigned the order Methanotrichales Akinyemi et al. 2021 to this class. Publication: Akinyemi TS, Shao N, Whitman WB. Methanotrichales ord. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2021, p. 1-2. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned the order Methanotrichales Akinyemi et al. 2021 to this class. Publication: 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Methanosarcinia 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Methanococci Boone 2002. Publication: Boone DR. Class II. Methanococci class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 235-236. 🇺🇸
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Halomebacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Methanomicrobia" Brenner et al. 2005. Publication: Sakai S, Imachi H, Hanada S, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Methanocella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Rice Cluster I', and proposal of the new archaeal order Methanocellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:929-936. 🇯🇵
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Methanomicrobia" Brenner et al. 2005. Publication: Brenner DJ, Krieg N, Staley JT. BERGEY’S MANUAL OF Systematic Bacteriology (2. Edt.), Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A: Introductory Essays. Springer, New York, 2005. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Methanosarcinia 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. 🇦🇺

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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