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

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Methanarcan-), me-t^han-ar-KA-num

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methanoarcanum".
  • 🤦 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanarcanum hacksteinii" Protasov et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Methanarcanum hacksteinii" Chibani et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred 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