Name: Methanonatronarchaeaceae Sorokin et al. 2018

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae.a.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Methanonatronarchaeum, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeaceae, the Methanonatronarchaeum family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2018

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanohalarchaeaceae" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Rinke et al. 2021 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.
    • 🧍 As of 2023-02-16 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Methanonatroarchaeaceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum" Sorokin et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanonatronarchaeales Sorokin et al. 2018

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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