Name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.me.thy.li.co’ta. N.L. masc. n. Methanomethylicus, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Methanomethylicota, the Candidatus Methanomethylicus phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Effective publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. "Candidatus phylum list no. 1." Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Borrel et al. (2019) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "TACK" Guy and Ettema 2011. 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.
  • 🧕 Vanwonterghem et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.
  • 🧒 Berghuis et al. (2019) assigned the order "Candidatus Methanomediales" Berghuis et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
  • 🧒 Berghuis et al. (2019) assigned the order "Candidatus Methanohydrogenicales" corrig. Berghuis et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Berghuis BA, Yu FB, Schulz F, Blainey PC, Woyke T, Quake SR. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5037-5044.
  • 🧒 Vanwonterghem et al. (2016) assigned the class "Candidatus Methanomethylicia" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 to this phylum. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.
  • 🧒 Vanwonterghem et al. (2016) assigned the order "Candidatus Methanomethylicales" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 to this phylum. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.
  • ❗ "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" is the pro-correct name instead if this phylum is regarded as a separate phylum (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another phylum whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).

Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

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