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Genus "Candidatus Methanofishera"
Name: "Candidatus Methanofishera" Russell et al. 2020
Etymology: Me.tha.no.fi’she.ra. N.L. fem. n. Methanofischera, methanopertaining to methane; N.L. fem. n. Methanofishera, a methane-using organism named after Charles Fisher who has worked on the bathymodiolin deep-sea symbioses throughout his career and contributed significant knowledge to the field about their biology
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Methanofisher-), me-tha-no-FI-s͡he-ra
Type species: "Candidatus Methanofishera endochildressiae" Russell et al. 2020
Effective publication:
Russell SL, Pepper-Tunick E, Svedberg J, Byrne A, Ruelas Castillo J, Vollmers C, Beinart RA, Corbett-Detig R. Horizontal transmission and recombination maintain forever young bacterial symbiont genomes. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008935. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Russell et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Russell SL, Pepper-Tunick E, Svedberg J, Byrne A, Ruelas Castillo J, Vollmers C, Beinart RA, Corbett-Detig R. Horizontal transmission and recombination maintain forever young bacterial symbiont genomes. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008935. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Russell et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Russell SL, Pepper-Tunick E, Svedberg J, Byrne A, Ruelas Castillo J, Vollmers C, Beinart RA, Corbett-Detig R. Horizontal transmission and recombination maintain forever young bacterial symbiont genomes. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008935.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methanofishera endochildressiae" Russell et al. 2020 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Assigned by:
Russell SL, Pepper-Tunick E, Svedberg J, Byrne A, Ruelas Castillo J, Vollmers C, Beinart RA, Corbett-Detig R. Horizontal transmission and recombination maintain forever young bacterial symbiont genomes. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008935. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 28499
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