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Name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016
Etymology: Me.tha.no.me.thy.li.cus. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. masc. adj. methylicus, methyl; N.L. masc. n. Methanomethylicus, referring to the methylotrophic methane-producing metabolism
Gender: masculine (stem: Methanomethylic-)
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Original publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.
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)
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: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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"Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestum" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling (and no standing) |
"Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestus" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methanomethylicus oleisabuli" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methanomethylicus oleusabulum" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling (and no standing) |
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanomethylicaceae" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016
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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Record number: 3743