Name: "Methylotetracoccus" Ghashghavi et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.thy.lo.te.tra.coc’cus. N.L. neut. n. methylum, the methyl group (from French me’thyle); N.L. neut. n. methyl, pertaining to the methyl radical; Gr. pref. tetra-, four (in compound words); N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Methylotetracoccus, referring to a methyl-using organism with tetrad-forming coccoid cells

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Methylotetracocc-), me-t^hy-lo-te-tra-KOK-kus

Type species: "Methylotetracoccus oryzae" Ghashghavi et al. 2019

Original publication: Ghashghavi M, Belova SE, Bodelier PLE, Dedysh SN, Kox MAR, Speth DR, Frenzel P, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Luke C. Methylotetracoccus oryzae Strain C50C1 Is a Novel Type Ib Gammaproteobacterial Methanotroph Adapted to Freshwater Environments. mSphere 2019; 4:0. 🇳🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Methylolobus" Rahalkar et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methylolobus" Rahalkar et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus "Methylolobus" Rahalkar et al. 2020. Publication: Rahalkar MC, Khatri K, Mohite J, Pandit PS, Bahulikar RA. A novel Type I methanotroph Methylolobus aquaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. isolated from a tropical wetland. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:959-971. 🇮🇳

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
    "Methylotetracoccus oryzae" Ghashghavi et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984

Assigned by: Ghashghavi M, Belova SE, Bodelier PLE, Dedysh SN, Kox MAR, Speth DR, Frenzel P, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Luke C. Methylotetracoccus oryzae Strain C50C1 Is a Novel Type Ib Gammaproteobacterial Methanotroph Adapted to Freshwater Environments. mSphere 2019; 4:0. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 9215