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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Methanochimaera

Name: Methanochimaera Zhou et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.chi.mae’ra. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. fem. n. chimaera, a mythological beast possessing characteristics from different creatures; N.L. fem. n. Methanochimaera, a methane (-forming) organism with features from other creatures, referring to the uncertain systematic placement between Methanoplanus and Methanomicrobium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Methanochimaer-), me-tha-no-khi-MA͡E-ra

Type species: Methanochimaera problematica Zhou et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS tygs-logo

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhou YZ, Lai MC, You YT, Lai SJ, Wu SY, Hung CC, Ding JY, Shih CJ, Wu YC, Zhang WL, et al. Methanochimaera problematica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methanoarchaeon isolated from cold seep sediment and reclassification of Methanomicrobium antiquum as Methanoeremita antiquus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6593. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Zhou YZ, Lai MC, You YT, Lai SJ, Wu SY, Hung CC, Ding JY, Shih CJ, Wu YC, Zhang WL, et al. Methanochimaera problematica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methanoarchaeon isolated from cold seep sediment and reclassification of Methanomicrobium antiquum as Methanoeremita antiquus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6593. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 55599

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