Name: "Candidatus Methanoflorens" Mondav et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.flo’rens. N.L. pref. methano, pertaining to methane; L. pres. part. florens, blooming, abundant; N.L. masc. n. Methanoflorens, an abundant methane-producing organism

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanoflorent-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methanoflorens stordalenmirensis" Mondav et al. 2014

Original publication: Mondav R, Woodcroft BJ, Kim EH, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, Crill PM, Chanton J, Hurst GB, VerBerkmoes NC, Saleska SR, et al. Discovery of a novel methanogen prevalent in thawing permafrost. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3212.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Methanoflorentaceae" Mondav et al. 2014. Publication: Mondav R, Woodcroft BJ, Kim EH, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, Crill PM, Chanton J, Hurst GB, VerBerkmoes NC, Saleska SR, et al. Discovery of a novel methanogen prevalent in thawing permafrost. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3212.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Methanoflorentales" Woodcroft et al. 2018. Publication: Woodcroft BJ, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Evans PN, Emerson JB, Zayed AAF, Hoelzle RD, Lamberton TO, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, et al. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54.
  • 🧕 Woodcroft et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Methanoflorentales" Woodcroft et al. 2018. Publication: Woodcroft BJ, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Evans PN, Emerson JB, Zayed AAF, Hoelzle RD, Lamberton TO, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, et al. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanoflorens crillii" Woodcroft et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanoflorens stordalenmirensis" Mondav et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanoflorentaceae" Mondav et al. 2014

Assigned by: Mondav R, Woodcroft BJ, Kim EH, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, Crill PM, Chanton J, Hurst GB, VerBerkmoes NC, Saleska SR, et al. Discovery of a novel methanogen prevalent in thawing permafrost. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3212.

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