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Genus "Candidatus Methanoprimaticola"
Name: "Candidatus Methanoprimaticola" Chibani et al. 2022
Etymology: Me.tha.no.pri.ma.ti’co.la. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. pl. n. Primates, a zoological order; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant, dweller; N.L. fem. n. Methanoprimaticola, a methane-forming dweller of primates
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Methanoprimaticol-), me-tha-no-pri-ma-TI-ko-la
Type species: "Candidatus Methanoprimaticola hominis" Chibani et al. 2022
Original publication:
Chibani CM, Mahnert A, Borrel G, Almeida A, Werner A, Brugere JF, Gribaldo S, Finn RD, Schmitz RA, Moissl-Eichinger C. A catalogue of 1,167 genomes from the human gut archaeome. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:48-61. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧍 See also Protasov et al. (2023).
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.
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🧍 See also Protasov et al. (2023).
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methanoprimaticola hominis" Chibani et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Methanoprimaticola macfarlanii" Chibani et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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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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Record number: 41011
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