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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Methanovorans"

Name: "Candidatus Methanovorans" Chadwick et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no’vo.rans. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. pres. part. vorans, consuming; N.L. masc. n. Methanovorans, consuming methane, a methane consumer

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methanovorant-), me-tha-NO-wo-rans

Original publication: Chadwick GL, Skennerton CT, Laso-Perez R, Leu AO, Speth DR, Yu H, Morgan-Lang C, Hatzenpichler R, Goudeau D, Malmstrom R, et al. Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001508. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Chadwick GL, Skennerton CT, Laso-Perez R, Leu AO, Speth DR, Yu H, Morgan-Lang C, Hatzenpichler R, Goudeau D, Malmstrom R, et al. Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001508. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 35788
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