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 (in compound words); L. pres. part. florens, blooming, abundant; N.L. masc. n. Methanoflorens, an abundant methane-producing organism

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methanoflorent-), me-t^ha-no-FLO-rens

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

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-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	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Methanoflorens stordalenmirensis" Mondav et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-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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