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Order "Candidatus Methylarchaeales"
Name: "Candidatus Methylarchaeales" Ou et al. 2022
Etymology: Me.thyl.ar.chae.a’les. N.L. neut. n. Methylarchaeum, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methylarchaeales, the Candidatus Methylarchaeum order
Pronunciation, gender: me-thyl-ar-kha͡e-A-les, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Methylarchaeum" Hua et al. 2019
Original publication:
Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧒 Ou et al. (2022) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methylarchaeum" Hua et al. 2019 to this order.
Publication:
Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387.
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🧒 Ou et al. (2022) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methylarchaeum" Hua et al. 2019 to this order.
Publication:
Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methylarchaeaceae" Ou et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Nitrososphaeria Stieglmeier et al. 2014
Assigned by:
Ou YF, Dong HP, McIlroy SJ, Crowe SA, Hallam SJ, Han P, Kallmeyer J, Simister RL, Vuillemin A, Leu AO, et al. Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis. ISME J 2022; 16:2373-2387.
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Record number: 36897
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