Etymology:He.ca.tel’la.N.L. fem. dim. n.Hecatella, little Hecate, after the Greek mythology goddess of witchcraft and crossroads, a reference to their metabolism being at the “crossroads” of methanogenesis and the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway by means of its Mtr complex
Original publication:
Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status:
not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status:
preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Hecatellaceae" Adam et al. 2022.Publication:
Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Hecatellales" Adam et al. 2022.Publication:
Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
🧕 Adam et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Hecatellales" Adam et al. 2022.Publication:
Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
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