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Order Methanomassiliicoccales
Name: Methanomassiliicoccales Iino et al. 2013
Etymology: Me.tha.no.mas.si.li.i.coc.cal’es. N.L. masc. n. Methanomassiliicoccus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanomassiliicoccales, order of the genus Methanomassiliicoccus
Type genus: Methanomassiliicoccus Dridi et al. 2012
Effective publication:
Iino T, Tamaki H, Tamazawa S, Ueno Y, Ohkuma M, Suzuki K, Igarashi Y, Haruta S. Candidatus Methanogranum caenicola: a novel methanogen from the anaerobic digested sludge, and proposal of Methanomassiliicoccaceae fam. nov. and Methanomassiliicoccales ord. nov., for a methanogenic lineage of the class Thermoplasmata. Microbes Environ 2013; 28:244-250. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3931-3934.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧒 Iino et al. (2013) assigned the genus Methanomassiliicoccus Dridi et al. 2012 to this order.
Publication:
Iino T, Tamaki H, Tamazawa S, Ueno Y, Ohkuma M, Suzuki K, Igarashi Y, Haruta S. Candidatus Methanogranum caenicola: a novel methanogen from the anaerobic digested sludge, and proposal of Methanomassiliicoccaceae fam. nov. and Methanomassiliicoccales ord. nov., for a methanogenic lineage of the class Thermoplasmata. Microbes Environ 2013; 28:244-250.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methanomasiliicoccales"; "Methanomasilliicoccales"; "Methanomasillilicoccales"; "Methanomassiliiccocales"; "Methanomassiliiccoccales"; "Methanomassiliioccales"; "Methanomassillicoccales".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; CIP: 3; DSM: 1.
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🧒 Iino et al. (2013) assigned the genus Methanomassiliicoccus Dridi et al. 2012 to this order.
Publication:
Iino T, Tamaki H, Tamazawa S, Ueno Y, Ohkuma M, Suzuki K, Igarashi Y, Haruta S. Candidatus Methanogranum caenicola: a novel methanogen from the anaerobic digested sludge, and proposal of Methanomassiliicoccaceae fam. nov. and Methanomassiliicoccales ord. nov., for a methanogenic lineage of the class Thermoplasmata. Microbes Environ 2013; 28:244-250.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Methanomassiliicoccaceae Iino et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name [Methanomassiliicoccales, not assigned to family] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis Methanomethylophilaceae Borrel et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Candidatus Methanomethylophilaceae" Gaci et al. 2014 not validly published synonym (and no pro-standing) "Candidatus Methanomixtatrophicaceae" Hua et al. 2019 not validly published preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Parent taxon: Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002
Assigned by:
Iino T, Tamaki H, Tamazawa S, Ueno Y, Ohkuma M, Suzuki K, Igarashi Y, Haruta S. Candidatus Methanogranum caenicola: a novel methanogen from the anaerobic digested sludge, and proposal of Methanomassiliicoccaceae fam. nov. and Methanomassiliicoccales ord. nov., for a methanogenic lineage of the class Thermoplasmata. Microbes Environ 2013; 28:244-250.
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Record number: 5198
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