Name: "Candidatus Methanarcanum" Chibani et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.than.ar.ca’num. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. masc. adj. arcanus, silent, secret; N.L. neut. n. Methanarcanum, an archaeon-forming methane in a puzzling way

Type species: "Candidatus Methanarcanum hacksteinii" Chibani et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Chibani CM, Mahnert A, Borrel G, Almeida A, Werner A, Brugere JF, Gribaldo S, Finn RD, Schmitz RA, Moissl-Eichinger C. A catalogue of 1,167 genomes from the human gut archaeome. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:48-61.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanarcanum hacksteinii" Protasov et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Methanarcanum hacksteinii" Chibani et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methanomethylophilaceae Borrel et al. 2024

Assigned by: Borrel G, Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Gaci N, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Chaudhary PP, Vandekerckove P, Ballet N, Alric M, O'Toole PW, et al. Methanomethylophilus alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Hydrogenotrophic Methyl-Reducing Methanogenic Archaea of the Order Methanomassiliicoccales Isolated from the Human Gut and Proposal of the Novel Family Methanomethylophilaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.

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Record number: 7512