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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Methylocalor"

Name: "Candidatus Methylocalor" Liu et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.thy.lo’ca.lor. L. masc. n. calor, derived from the Latin word for warm; N.L. masc. n. Methylocalor

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methylocalor-), me-thy-LO-ka-lor

Type species: "Candidatus Methylocalor cossyra" Liu et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Liu C, Schmitz RA, Pol A, Hogendoorn C, Verhagen D, Peeters SH, van Alen TA, Cremers G, Mesman RA, Op den Camp HJM. Active coexistence of the novel gammaproteobacterial methanotroph 'Ca. Methylocalor cossyra' CH1 and verrucomicrobial methanotrophs in acidic, hot geothermal soil. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16602. 🇳🇱

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

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Liu C, Schmitz RA, Pol A, Hogendoorn C, Verhagen D, Peeters SH, van Alen TA, Cremers G, Mesman RA, Op den Camp HJM. Active coexistence of the novel gammaproteobacterial methanotroph 'Ca. Methylocalor cossyra' CH1 and verrucomicrobial methanotrophs in acidic, hot geothermal soil. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16602. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 45702
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