Name: Methylacidiphilaceae Awala et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.thyl.a.ci.di.phi.la.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Methylacidiphilum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylacidiphilaceae, the family Methylacidiphilum

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Methylacidiphilum Awala et al. 2023

Valid publication: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methylacidiphiliaceae".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Methylacidiphilaceae" Op den Camp et al. 2009.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; KCTC: 5.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Acidimethylosilex" Pol et al. 2007	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Methylacidimicrobium" van Teeseling et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Methylacidiphilum Ratnadevi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Methylacidiphilum Awala et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methylacidithermus" Picone et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methyloacida" Islam et al. 2008	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Methylacidiphilales Awala et al. 2023

Assigned by: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085.

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