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Species "Candidatus Methanimicrococcus odontotermitis"
Name: "Candidatus Methanimicrococcus odontotermitis" Protasov and Brune 2023
Etymology: o.don.to.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. odontotermitis, referring to Odontotermes, the host genus
Pronunciation, gender: o-don-to-TER-mi-tis, masculine
Nomenclatural type: TD116_bin10; TD116_bin10TS
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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
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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: 41777
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