Name: "Candidatus Acidimethylosilex" Pol et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: A.ci.di.me.thy.lo.si.lex. N.L. masc./fem. n. Acidimethylosilex

Type species: "Candidatus Acidimethylosilex fumarolicum" corrig. Pol et al. 2007

Original publication: Pol A, Heijmans K, Harhangi HR, Tedesco D, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ. Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species. Nature 2007; 450:874-878.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Pol et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the phylum "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997. Publication: Pol A, Heijmans K, Harhangi HR, Tedesco D, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ. Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species. Nature 2007; 450:874-878.
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008. Publication: Pol A, Heijmans K, Harhangi HR, Tedesco D, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ. Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species. Nature 2007; 450:874-878.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008. Publication: Pol A, Heijmans K, Harhangi HR, Tedesco D, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ. Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species. Nature 2007; 450:874-878.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Acidimethylosilex fumarolicum" corrig. Pol et al. 2007	not validly published

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methylacidiphilaceae" Op den Camp et al. 2009

Assigned by: Op den Camp HJ, Islam T, Stott MB, Harhangi HR, Hynes A, Schouten S, Jetten MS, Birkeland NK, Pol A, Dunfield PF. Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia. Environ Microbiol Rep 2009; 1:293-306.

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Record number: 521818