Name: Methanomethylophilus Borrel et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.me.thy.lo’phi.lus. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words) (in compound words); N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl group; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving, on; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. n. Methanomethylophilus, methane-producing organism-loving methyl groups

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanomethylophil-)

Type species: Methanomethylophilus alvi Borrel et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Borrel G, Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Gaci N, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Chaudhary PP, Vandekerckove P, Ballet N, Alric M, O'Toole PW, et al. Methanomethylophilus alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Hydrogenotrophic Methyl-Reducing Methanogenic Archaea of the Order Methanomassiliicoccales Isolated from the Human Gut and Proposal of the Novel Family Methanomethylophilaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus" Borrel et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methanomethylophilaceae Borrel et al. 2024. Publication: Borrel G, Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Gaci N, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Chaudhary PP, Vandekerckove P, Ballet N, Alric M, O'Toole PW, et al. Methanomethylophilus alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Hydrogenotrophic Methyl-Reducing Methanogenic Archaea of the Order Methanomassiliicoccales Isolated from the Human Gut and Proposal of the Novel Family Methanomethylophilaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus" Borrel et al. 2012. Publication: Borrel G, Harris HM, Tottey W, Mihajlovski A, Parisot N, Peyretaillade E, Peyret P, Gribaldo S, O'Toole PW, Brugere JF. Genome sequence of "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus" Mx1201, a methanogenic archaeon from the human gut belonging to a seventh order of methanogens. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:6944-6945.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methanomethylophylus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanomethylophilus alvi Borrel et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanomethylophilaceae Borrel et al. 2024

Assigned by: Borrel G, Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Gaci N, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Chaudhary PP, Vandekerckove P, Ballet N, Alric M, O'Toole PW, et al. Methanomethylophilus alvi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Hydrogenotrophic Methyl-Reducing Methanogenic Archaea of the Order Methanomassiliicoccales Isolated from the Human Gut and Proposal of the Novel Family Methanomethylophilaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.

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