Name: "Methanoflexus" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.fle’xus. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. masc. perf. part. flexus, a bending, turning, winding; N.L. masc. n. Methanoflexus, methane-producing (organism) with a curved shape

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanoflex-)

Type species: "Methanoflexus curvatus" (Leadbetter and Breznak 1997) Protasov and Brune 2023

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: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981

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: 2

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: 41713
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