Genus "Methanofilum"

Name: "Methanofilum" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.fi’lum. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. neut. n. filum, a thread or string; N.L. neut. n. Methanofilum, a methane-producing thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Methanofil-), me-t^ha-no-FI-lum

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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)

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Protasov and Brune) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Protasov et al.).

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanofilum arcanum" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methanospirillaceae Boone et al. 2002

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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