Name: "Candidatus Melinoarchaeum" Yu et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.li.no.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. Melinoe, the greek goddess of nightmares, a resident of Hades, the underworld; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, ancient one, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Melinoarchaeum, an archaeon named after Melinoe

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Melinoarchae-), me-li-no-ar-K^HA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Melinoarchaeum fermentans" Yu et al. 2024

Original publication: Yu T, Fu L, Wang Y, Dong Y, Chen Y, Wegener G, Cheng L, Wang F. Thermophilic Hadarchaeota grow on long-chain alkanes in syntrophy with methanogens. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6560.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Melinoarchaeum fermentans" Yu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Cerberiarchaeaceae" Benito Merino et al. 2024

Assigned by: Yu T, Fu L, Wang Y, Dong Y, Chen Y, Wegener G, Cheng L, Wang F. Thermophilic Hadarchaeota grow on long-chain alkanes in syntrophy with methanogens. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6560.

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Record number: 52185