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Name: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum" Nobu et al. 2016
Etymology: Me.tha.no.fas.ti.di.o’sum. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. neut. adj. fastidiosum, highly critical; N.L. neut. n. Methanofastidiosum, referring to the nutritional fastidiousness of the organism, particularly on primary isolation
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Methanofastidios-), me-tha-no-fas-ti-di-O-sum
Type species: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum methylothiophilum" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K, Mei R, Liu WT. Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen. ISME J 2016; 10:2478-2487.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum methylothiophilum" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016 | not validly published | pro-correct name |
| "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum methylthiophilus" Nobu et al. 2016 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosaceae" Rinke et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959.
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Record number: 7957