Order "Candidatus Methanohydrogenales"

Name: "Candidatus Methanohydrogenales" Berghuis et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: order, Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.hy.dro.ge.na’les. N.L. masc. n. Methanohydrogenicus, a hydrogen-eating methane producing organism; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanohydrogenales, the Methanohydrogenicus order (sic)

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicus" Berghuis et al. 2019

Original publication: Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no pro-standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019	corrected spelling of name, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019. Publication: Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanomethylicia" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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