Name: Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: new kingdom

Etymology: Me.tha.no.bac.te.ri.a’ti. N.L. neut. n. Methanobacterium, type genus of the kingdom; N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ati, ending to denote a kingdom; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanobacteriati, the Methanobacterium kingdom

Type genus: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned this kingdom to the domain Archaea Woese et al. 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the genus Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this kingdom has alternatively been placed in the kingdom "Archaebacteria" Woese and Fox 1977. Publication: Woese CR, Fox GE. Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1977; 74:5088-5090.
  • 😴 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Oren and Göker) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Göker and Oren).

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Record number: 43131