Name: "Meganemaceae" McIlroy et al. 2015

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.ga.nem.a’ce.ae N.L. neut. n. Meganema, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Meganemaceae, the family of Meganema

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006

Original publication: McIlroy SJ, Lapidus A, Thomsen TR, Han J, Haynes M, Lobos E, Huntemann M, Pati A, Ivanova NN, Markowitz V, et al. High quality draft genome sequence of Meganema perideroedes str. Gr1^T and a proposal for its reclassification to the family Meganemaceae fam. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:23.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Neomegalonemataceae Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neomegalonemataceae Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Neomegalonemataceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Oren A. On names of genera of prokaryotes that are later homonyms of generic names with standing in the zoological or the botanical nomenclature. Proposal of Neomegalonema gen. nov. and Neomegalonema perideroedes comb. nov. as replacements for the prokaryotic generic name Meganema and the species name Meganema perideroedes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4276-4278.

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