Name: "Candidatus Methanogastraceae" corrig. Chadwick et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.gas.tra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanogastraceae, the Methanogaster family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-gas-TRA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanogaster" Chadwick et al. 2022

Original publication: Chadwick GL, Skennerton CT, Laso-Perez R, Leu AO, Speth DR, Yu H, Morgan-Lang C, Hatzenpichler R, Goudeau D, Malmstrom R, et al. Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001508. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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: 1

Parent taxon: Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002

Assigned by: Chadwick GL, Skennerton CT, Laso-Perez R, Leu AO, Speth DR, Yu H, Morgan-Lang C, Hatzenpichler R, Goudeau D, Malmstrom R, et al. Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001508. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 36783
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