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: masculine (stem: Methanosuratincol-)

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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.
  • 🚋 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 "Candidatus Methanosuratincola" Wu et al. 2024.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methanosuratincola subterraneus" corrig. Kadnikov et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanosuratincolaceae" Wu et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 21962