Name: "Candidatus Methanoplasma" Lang et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.plas’ma. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or moulded, image, figure; N.L. neut. n. Methanoplasma, a methane-producing form

Gender: neuter (stem: Methanoplasmat-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum" Lang et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lang K, Schuldes J, Klingl A, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Brunea A. New mode of energy metabolism in the seventh order of methanogens as revealed by comparative genome analysis of "Candidatus methanoplasma termitum". Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:1338-1352.

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)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MEPL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanoplasma cognatum" Protasov et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanoplasma glyptotermitis" Protasov et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanoplasma porotermitis" Protasov et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanoplasma reticulitermitis" Protasov et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum" Lang et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Methanomassiliicoccales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 22226