Name: "Methanobinarius" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.bi.na’ri.us. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. masc. adj. binarius, consisting of two things; N.L. masc. n. Methanobinarius, methane-producing (organism) consisting of two things, referring to the pairs of cells formed by the type species

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Methanobinari-), me-tha-no-bi-NA-ri-us

Original publication: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628. 🇩🇪

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: 3

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 41710
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