Name: "Candidatus Mnemosynella" Adam et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Mne.mo.sy.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Mnemosynella, little Mnemosyne, after the Greek mythology Titaness, goddess of memory, and mother of the Muses, a reference to the species in the genus containing multiple methanogenesis markers and “remembering” their methanogenic ancestry

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Mnemosynell-), mne-mo-sy-NEL-la

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Mnemosynellaceae" Adam et al. 2022. Publication: Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Mnemosynellales" Adam et al. 2022. Publication: Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Adam et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Mnemosynellales" Adam et al. 2022. Publication: Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Mnemosynella biddleae" Adam et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Mnemosynella bozhongmuii" Adam et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Mnemosynellaceae" Adam et al. 2022

Assigned by: Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 35795