Name: "Candidatus Methylocucumis" Pandit et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.cu’cu.mis. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group; L. masc. n. cucumis, cucumber (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. Methylocucumis, methyl utilising cucumber-shaped organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Methylocucumer-), me-t^hy-lo-KU-ku-mis

Type species: "Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae" Pandit et al. 2018

Effective publication: Pandit PS, Hoppert M, Rahalkar MC. Description of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae', a novel Type I methanotroph with large cells and pale pink colour, isolated from an Indian rice field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2473-2484. 🇮🇳

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylocucumis Pandit and Rahalkar 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylocucumis Pandit and Rahalkar 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Methylocucumis" is the pro-correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

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 Methylocucumis oryzae" Pandit et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Pandit PS, Rahalkar MC. Renaming of 'Candidatus Methylocucumis oryzae' as Methylocucumis oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Type I methanotroph isolated from India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:955-959. 🇮🇳

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