Name: "Candidatus Ethaniperedens" corrig. Hahn et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.tha.ni.per.e’dens. N.L. neut. n. ethanum, ethane; N.L. pres. part. peredens, consuming, devouring; N.L. neut. n. Ethaniperedens, an ethane consuming organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Ethaniperedent-), e-tha-ni-per-E-dens

Type species: "Candidatus Ethaniperedens thermophilum" corrig. Hahn et al. 2020

Effective publication: Hahn CJ, Laso-Perez R, Vulcano F, Vaziourakis KM, Stokke R, Steen IH, Teske A, Boetius A, Liebeke M, Amann R, et al. "Candidatus Ethanoperedens," a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane. mBio 2020; 11:0. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: 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: 1

Parent taxon: [Methanosarcinales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 28544
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