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Genus Methyloraptor
Name: Methyloraptor Saltykova et al. 2025
Etymology: Me.thy.lo.rap’tor. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group; N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl group; L. masc. n. raptor, plunderer; N.L. masc. n. Methyloraptor, plunderer of methyl groups
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methyloraptor-), me-thy-lo-RAP-tor
Type species: Methyloraptor flagellatus Saltykova et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Saltykova VA, Danilova OV, Oshkin IY, Belova SE, Suzina NE, Pimenov NV, Dedysh SN. Methyloraptor flagellatus gen. nov., sp. nov., novel Ancalomicrobiaceae-affiliated facultatively methylotrophic bacteria that feed on methanotrophs of the genus Methylococcus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126565. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Methyloraptor flagellatus Saltykova et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Ancalomicrobiaceae Dahal et al. 2018
Assigned by:
Saltykova VA, Danilova OV, Oshkin IY, Belova SE, Suzina NE, Pimenov NV, Dedysh SN. Methyloraptor flagellatus gen. nov., sp. nov., novel Ancalomicrobiaceae-affiliated facultatively methylotrophic bacteria that feed on methanotrophs of the genus Methylococcus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126565. 🇷🇺
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Record number: 55377
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