Name: "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019

Category: Order

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.hy.dro.ge.ni.ca’les. N.L. masc. n. Methanohydrogenicus, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanohydrogenicales, the Candidatus Methanohydrogenicus order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-hy-dro-ge-ni-KA-les, 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: 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 Methanomethylicia" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 25798
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