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Order "Candidatus Methanoflorentales"
Name: "Candidatus Methanoflorentales" Woodcroft et al. 2018
Etymology: Me.tha.no.flo.ren.ta’les. N.L. masc. n. Methanoflorens, a Candidatus genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanoflorentales, the Candidatus Methanoflorens order
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-flo-ren-TA-les, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Methanoflorens" Mondav et al. 2014
Effective publication:
Woodcroft BJ, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Evans PN, Emerson JB, Zayed AAF, Hoelzle RD, Lamberton TO, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, et al. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧒 Woodcroft et al. (2018) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methanoflorens" Mondav et al. 2014 to this order.
Publication:
Woodcroft BJ, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Evans PN, Emerson JB, Zayed AAF, Hoelzle RD, Lamberton TO, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, et al. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54. 🇦🇺
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🧒 Woodcroft et al. (2018) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methanoflorens" Mondav et al. 2014 to this order.
Publication:
Woodcroft BJ, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Evans PN, Emerson JB, Zayed AAF, Hoelzle RD, Lamberton TO, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, et al. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methanoflorentaceae" Mondav et al. 2014 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Methanomicrobia" Brenner et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Woodcroft BJ, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Evans PN, Emerson JB, Zayed AAF, Hoelzle RD, Lamberton TO, McCalley CK, Hodgkins SB, et al. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54. 🇦🇺
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Record number: 28557
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