Name: "Candidatus Methylaffinis" corrig. Pratscher et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.thyl.af.fi’nis. N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl group; L. masc./fem. adj. affinis, associated with; N.L. masc. n. Methylaffinis, associated with the methyl group

Gender: masculine (stem: Methylaffin-)

Type species: "Candidatus Methylaffinis lahnbergensis" corrig. Pratscher et al. 2018

Original publication: Pratscher J, Vollmers J, Wiegand S, Dumont MG, Kaster AK. Unravelling the Identity, Metabolic Potential and Global Biogeography of the Atmospheric Methane-Oxidizing Upland Soil Cluster alpha. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:1016-1029.

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 Methyloaffinis" Pratscher et al. 2018	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Methyloaffinis" Pratscher et al. 2018. Publication: Pratscher J, Vollmers J, Wiegand S, Dumont MG, Kaster AK. Unravelling the Identity, Metabolic Potential and Global Biogeography of the Atmospheric Methane-Oxidizing Upland Soil Cluster alpha. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:1016-1029.

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 Methylaffinis lahnbergensis" corrig. Pratscher et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Pratscher J, Vollmers J, Wiegand S, Dumont MG, Kaster AK. Unravelling the Identity, Metabolic Potential and Global Biogeography of the Atmospheric Methane-Oxidizing Upland Soil Cluster alpha. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:1016-1029.

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