Name: "Candidatus Methanostamsia" Wu et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.stams’i.a. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. fem. n. Methanostamsia, a methane [producing] microorganism named in honour of Alfons J. M. Stams for his work on syntrophic methanogenesis

Gender: feminine (stem: Methanostamsi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methanostamsia subterranea" Wu et al. 2024

Original publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Tahon G, Liu L, Li J, Zhang J, Zheng F, Deng C, Han W, Bai L, et al. Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota. Nature 2024; 632:1124-1130.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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 Methanostamsia subterranea" Wu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Methanosuratincolales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 52144