Name: "Candidatus Methanomixotrophus" corrig. Liu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.mi.xo.tro’phus. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. pref. mixo-, mixed; from L. v. misceo; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, one who feeds; N.L. masc. n. Methanomixotrophus, a mixotrophic organism growing on methane

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanomixotroph-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methanomixotrophus hydrogenitrophicus" corrig. Liu et al. 2020

Original publication: Liu YF, Chen J, Zaramela LS, Wang LY, Mbadinga SM, Hou ZW, Wu XL, Gu JD, Zengler K, Mu BZ. Genomic and Transcriptomic Evidence Supports Methane Metabolism in Archaeoglobi. mSystems 2020; 5:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanomixophus" Liu et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Methanomixophus" Liu et al. 2020. Publication: Liu YF, Chen J, Zaramela LS, Wang LY, Mbadinga SM, Hou ZW, Wu XL, Gu JD, Zengler K, Mu BZ. Genomic and Transcriptomic Evidence Supports Methane Metabolism in Archaeoglobi. mSystems 2020; 5:0.

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 Methanomixotrophus dualis" corrig. Liu et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanomixotrophus hydrogenitrophicus" corrig. Liu et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobaceae Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Liu YF, Chen J, Zaramela LS, Wang LY, Mbadinga SM, Hou ZW, Wu XL, Gu JD, Zengler K, Mu BZ. Genomic and Transcriptomic Evidence Supports Methane Metabolism in Archaeoglobi. mSystems 2020; 5:0.

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Record number: 28519