Name: "Candidatus Methanomicula" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.mi’cu.la. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. fem. n. micula, morsel, crumb (of salt); N.L. fem. n. Methanomicula, a methane-producing crumb

Type species: "Candidatus Methanomicula labiotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023

Original publication: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanomicula labiotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methanomethylophilaceae Borrel et al. 2024

Assigned by: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.

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Record number: 41766