Name: Methylacidiphilum Awala et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thyl.a.ci.di’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl group; L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. n. Methylacidiphilum, a methyl- and acid-loving organism

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Methylacidiphil-), me-t^hyl-a-ki-DI-p^hi-lum

Type species: Methylacidiphilum caldifontis Awala et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Methylacidiphilaceae Awala et al. 2023. Publication: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Methylacidiphilales Awala et al. 2023. Publication: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methyacidiphilum"; "Metylacidiphilum".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Methylacidiphilum Ratnadevi et al. 2023.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Methylacidiphilum Ratnadevi et al. 2023. Publication: Ratnadevi CM, Erikstad H-A, Kruse T, Birkeland N-K. Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic and moderately thermophilic methanotroph belonging to the phylum Verrucomicrobiota. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylacidiphilum caldifontis Awala et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	in need of a replacement

Parent taxon: Methylacidiphilaceae Awala et al. 2023

Assigned by: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085.

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