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Genus "Candidatus Methanomedium"
Name: "Candidatus Methanomedium" Berghuis et al. 2019
Etymology: Me.tha.no.me’di.um. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. masc. adj. medius, middle, intermediate; N.L. neut. n. Methanomedium, methane-producing organism with an intermediate metabolism that possesses traits of the Candidatus Methanomethylicales order as well as the Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales order
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Methanomedi-), me-tha-no-ME-di-um
Type species: "Candidatus Methanomedium jinzeense" Berghuis et al. 2019
Effective publication:
Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044. 
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
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Methanomediaceae" Berghuis et al. 2019.
Publication:
Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Methanomediales" Berghuis et al. 2019.
Publication:
Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
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🧕 Berghuis et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Methanomediales" Berghuis et al. 2019.
Publication:
Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Methanomediaceae" Berghuis et al. 2019.
Publication:
Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methanomedium jinzeense" Berghuis et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanomediaceae" Berghuis et al. 2019
Assigned by:
Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
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