Name: Methanosuratincolaceae Wu et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.su.rat.in.co.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Methanosuratincola, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosuratincolaceae, the Methanosuratincola family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-su-rat-in-ko-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Methanosuratincola Wu et al. 2025

Valid publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanosuratincolaceae" Wu et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanosuratincola Wu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanosuratincola" Wu et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Methanosuratus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Methanosuratincolales Wu et al. 2025

Assigned by: Wu K, Zhou L, Tahon G, Liu L, Li J, Zhang J, Zheng F, Deng C, Han W, Bai L, et al. Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota. Nature 2024; 632:1124-1130. 🇳🇱

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