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Order "Candidatus Methanoliparales"
Name: "Candidatus Methanoliparales" Borrel et al. 2019
Etymology: Me.tha.no.li.pa.ra’les. N.L. neut. n. Methanoliparum, a (Candidatus) genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanoliparales, the (Candidatus) Methanoliparum order
Pronunciation, gender: me-tha-no-li-pa-RA-les, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Methanoliparum" Borrel et al. 2019
Effective publication:
Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.
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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🧒 Borrel et al. (2019) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methanoliparum" Borrel et al. 2019 to this order.
Publication:
Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.
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🧒 Borrel et al. (2019) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methanoliparum" Borrel et al. 2019 to this order.
Publication:
Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methanoliparaceae" Borrel et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Methanollivieraceae" Borrel et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanoliparia" Borrel et al. 2019
Assigned by:
Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.
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Record number: 18338
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