Name: "Candidatus Methanolliviera" Borrel et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.than.ol.li.vie’ra. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. fem. n. Methanolliviera, methane producing/consuming organism named after the French microbiologist Bernard Ollivier for his work on methanogens and micro-organisms from oil-rich environments

Gender: feminine (stem: Methanollivier-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methanolliviera hydrocarbonica" corrig. Borrel et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Methanollivieraceae" Borrel et al. 2019. Publication: Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.

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 Methanolliviera hydrocarbonica" corrig. Borrel et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanolliviera hydrocarbonicum" Borrel et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanollivieraceae" Borrel et al. 2019

Assigned by: Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.

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