Genus "Candidatus Methanoglobus"

Name: "Candidatus Methanoglobus" Buessecker et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no’glo.bus. N.L. masc. n. Methanoglobus, referring to the main metabolic product methane and the Latin "globus" sphere or globe, which describes the shape of the cells in this genus, typically appearing as spherical or ovoid cells

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Methanoglob-), me-t^ha-NO-glo-bus

Type species: "Candidatus Methanoglobus nevadensis" Buessecker et al. 2023

Original publication: Buessecker S, Chadwick GL, Quan ME, Hedlund BP, Dodsworth JA, Dekas AE. Mcr-dependent methanogenesis in Archaeoglobaceae enriched from a terrestrial hot spring. ISME J 2023; 17:1649-1659. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanoglobus hydrogenotrophica" Buessecker et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanoglobus hypatiae" Lynes et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanoglobus nevadensis" Buessecker et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobaceae Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Buessecker S, Chadwick GL, Quan ME, Hedlund BP, Dodsworth JA, Dekas AE. Mcr-dependent methanogenesis in Archaeoglobaceae enriched from a terrestrial hot spring. ISME J 2023; 17:1649-1659. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 41521