Name: "Methanoxibalbensis" Laso-Perez et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); N.L. masc./fem. adj. xibalbensis, from the place called Xibalba, the Mayan word for the underworld; N.L. neut. n. Methanoxibalbensis, methane-cycling organism present in deep-sea hydrothermal sediments

Original publication: Laso-Perez R, Wu F, Cremiere A, Speth DR, Magyar JS, Zhao K, Krupovic M, Orphan VJ. Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:231-245. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Methanoxibalbella" corrig. Laso-Perez et al. 2023

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanospirantaceae" Laso-Perez et al. 2023

Assigned by: Laso-Perez R, Wu F, Cremiere A, Speth DR, Magyar JS, Zhao K, Krupovic M, Orphan VJ. Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:231-245. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 70670
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