Name: "Methanophagaceae" Chadwick et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanophagaceae, the Methanophaga family

Gender: 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)

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 (not correct name)
    "Methanophaga" Chadwick et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct 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