Order Methylacidiphilales

Name: Methylacidiphilales Awala et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: order, ord. nov.

Etymology: Me.thyl.a.ci.di.phi.la’les. N.L. neut. n. Methylacidiphilum, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylacidiphilales, the order Methylacidiphilum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^hyl-a-ki-di-p^hi-LA-les, feminine

Type genus: Methylacidiphilum Awala et al. 2023

Valid publication: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Awala et al. (2023) assigned the genus Methylacidiphilum Ratnadevi et al. 2023 to this order. Publication: Awala SI, Gwak JH, Kim Y, Seo C, Strazzulli A, Kim SG, Rhee SK. Methylacidiphilum caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic methane-oxidizing bacterium from an acidic geothermal environment, and descriptions of the family Methylacidiphilaceae fam. nov. and order Methylacidiphilales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6085. 🇰🇷
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Methylacidiphilales" Op den Camp et al. 2009.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 6; KCTC: 6.
  • 🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 133). Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 134. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7203.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Methylacidiphilaceae Awala et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name

Parent taxon: [Verrucomicrobiota, not assigned to class]

Assigned by: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱

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