Name: Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. neut. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun natron, soda; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, ancient archaeon; from Gr. adj. archaîos -a -on, ancient archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Methanonatronarchaeum, a soda-loving archaeon-forming methane

Gender: neuter (stem: Methanonatronarchae-)

Type species: Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum Sorokin et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Methanonatronarchaeia Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methanonatronarchaeaceae Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Methanonatronarchaeales Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family "Methanonatroarchaeaceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧕 Sorokin et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the class Methanonatronarchaeia Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🧕 Sorokin et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the order Methanonatronarchaeales Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2023. Publication: Prakash O, Dodsworth JA, Dong X, Ferry JG, L'Haridon S, Imachi H, Kamagata Y, Rhee SK, Sagar I, Shcherbakova V, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of methanogenic archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5500.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 1; DSM: 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
    Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum Sorokin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanonatronarchaeaceae Sorokin et al. 2018

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.

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