Name: "Candidatus Methylarchaeaceae" Ou et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.thyl.ar.chae.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Methylarchaeum, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylarchaeaceae, the Candidatus Methylarchaeum family

Pronunciation, gender: me-t^hyl-ar-k^ha͡e-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Methylarchaeum" Hua et al. 2019

Original publication: Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387. 🇨🇳

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanoinsularis" Ou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanoporticola" Ou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanotowutia" Ou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methylarchaeum" Hua et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methylarchaeales" Ou et al. 2022

Assigned by: Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 36884