Name: "Methanimicrococcus hongohii" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hon.go’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hongohii, of Hongoh, named after Yuichi Hongoh in recognition of his important contributions to arthropod gut microbiology

Pronunciation, gender: hon-GO-hi-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 114388; Hf6; JCM 39385

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16S rRNA gene: OQ442340 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanimicrococcus hongohii Protasov and Brune 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanimicrococcus hongohii Protasov and Brune 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Protasov and Brune) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Protasov et al.).

Parent taxon: Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000

Assigned by: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.

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Record number: 41724