Name: "Methanophagaceae" Chadwick et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.pha.ga’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanophagaceae, the Methanophaga family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-p^ha-GA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Methanophaga" 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methanophagaceaer".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanoalium" Chadwick et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Methanophaga" Chadwick et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanophagales" Borrel et al. 2019

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: 36862