Name: "Methanimicrococcus stummii" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: stumm’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stummii, of Stumm, named in honor of Claudius K. Stumm for his important contributions on the symbiosis of methanogens with anaerobic protists

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Es2

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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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• 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: 41725