Name: "Candidatus Methanospirantaceae" Laso-Perez et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.spi.ran.ta’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. inf. v. spirare, to breathe; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanospirantaceae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-spi-ran-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanospirans" corrig. Laso-Perez et al. 2023

Original publication: Laso-Perez R, Wu F, Cremiere A, Speth DR, Magyar JS, Zhao K, Krupovic M, Orphan VJ. Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:231-245. 🇪🇸

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: 4

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

Assigned by: Laso-Perez R, Wu F, Cremiere A, Speth DR, Magyar JS, Zhao K, Krupovic M, Orphan VJ. Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:231-245. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 70467
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