Name: "Candidatus Methanosuratincola" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

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: "Candidatus Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇦🇺

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanosuratus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Vanwonterghem et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family "Candidatus Methanomethylicaceae" 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Wu et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the order "Methanosuratincolales" 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 Methanosuratus" 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 "Methanosuratincola" Wu et al. 2024.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Methanosuratincola Wu et al. 2025.

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 Methanosuratincola mesotaenarum" Wu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola subterraneus" corrig. Kadnikov et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola thermotaenarum" Wu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola verstraetei" Kohtz et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Methanosuratincolaceae Wu et al. 2025

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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