Name: "Candidatus Betaina" Jones et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Be.ta.i’na. N.L. fem. n. Betaina, a name derived from glycine betaine metabolized by the genus

Gender: feminine (stem: Betain-)

Type species: "Candidatus Betaina sedimenti" corrig. Jones et al. 2019

Original publication: Jones HJ, Krober E, Stephenson J, Mausz MA, Jameson E, Millard A, Purdy KJ, Chen Y. A new family of uncultivated bacteria involved in methanogenesis from the ubiquitous osmolyte glycine betaine in coastal saltmarsh sediments. Microbiome 2019; 7:120.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Betainaceae" Jones et al. 2019. Publication: Jones HJ, Krober E, Stephenson J, Mausz MA, Jameson E, Millard A, Purdy KJ, Chen Y. A new family of uncultivated bacteria involved in methanogenesis from the ubiquitous osmolyte glycine betaine in coastal saltmarsh sediments. Microbiome 2019; 7:120.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Betaina sedimenti" corrig. Jones et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Betaina sedimentti" Jones et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Betainaceae" Jones et al. 2019

Assigned by: Jones HJ, Krober E, Stephenson J, Mausz MA, Jameson E, Millard A, Purdy KJ, Chen Y. A new family of uncultivated bacteria involved in methanogenesis from the ubiquitous osmolyte glycine betaine in coastal saltmarsh sediments. Microbiome 2019; 7:120.

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Record number: 10581