Name: "Candidatus Methanotowutia" Ou et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.to.wu’ti.a. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. fem. n. Methanotowutia, methanogenic organism named after the lake Towuti in Indonesia where members of the genus were first discovered

Gender: feminine (stem: Methanotowuti-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methanotowutia igneaquae" Ou et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-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 Methanotowutia igneaquae" Ou et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methylarchaeaceae" Ou et al. 2022

Assigned by: Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387.

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Record number: 36958