Name: Methanosuratincola Wu et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.su.rat.in’co.la. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Methanosuratincola, methane organism inhabiting the Surat Basin

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methanosuratincol-), me-t^ha-no-su-rat-IN-ko-la

Type species: Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis Wu et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanosuratincola" Wu et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Methanosuratincolia Wu et al. 2025. Publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methanosuratincolaceae Wu et al. 2025. Publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Methanosuratincolales Wu et al. 2025. Publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 Wu et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the class Methanosuratincolia Wu et al. 2025. Publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 Wu et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the order Methanosuratincolales Wu et al. 2025. Publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Methanosuratincola" Wu et al. 2024. 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. 🇳🇱
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Methanosuratincola" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170. 🇦🇺
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Methanosuratincola" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 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
    Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis Wu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Methanosuratincolaceae Wu et al. 2025

Assigned by: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839. 🇨🇳

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