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

Original 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

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

• 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.

Parent taxon: Archaea Woese et al. 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. — 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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