Name: "Candidatus Alkanophagales" Wang et al. 2021

Category: Order

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Al.ka.no.pha.ga’les. N.L. fem. n. Alkanophaga, a Candidaus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Alkanophagales, the Candidatus Alkanophaga order

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Wang Y, Wegener G, Williams TA, Xie R, Hou J, Wang F, Xiao X. A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism. Sci Adv 2021; 7:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Syntropharchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021

Assigned by: Vulcano F, Hahn CJ, Roerdink D, Dahle H, Reeves EP, Wegener G, Steen IH, Stokke R. Phylogenetic and functional diverse ANME-1 thrive in Arctic hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:0.

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Record number: 38132
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