Name: Methanosuratincolales Wu et al. 2025

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.su.rat.in.co.la’les. N.L. masc. n. Methanosuratincola, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanosuratincolales, the Methanosuratincola order

Pronunciation, gender: me-t^ha-no-su-rat-in-ko-LA-les, feminine

Type genus: Methanosuratincola Wu et al. 2025

Valid publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanosuratincolales" Wu et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Wu et al. (2025) assigned the genus Methanosuratincola Wu et al. 2025 to this order. Publication: Wu K, Zhou L, Zheng F, Liu L, Yang M, Li J, Sousa DZ, Cheng L. Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methyl-reducing methanogen isolated from Shengli oil field, and proposal of Methanosuratincolaceae fam. nov., Methanosuratincolales ord. nov. and Methanosuratincolia classis nov. in the phylum Thermoproteota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6839.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methanosuratincolaceae Wu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Methanosuratincolaceae" Wu et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    [Methanosuratincolales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis

Parent taxon: Methanosuratincolia Wu et al. 2025

Assigned by: Wu K, Zhou L, Tahon G, Liu L, Li J, Zhang J, Zheng F, Deng C, Han W, Bai L, et al. Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota. Nature 2024; 632:1124-1130.

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