Name: "Candidatus Methanimicrococcus stummii" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: stum’mi.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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … STUM-mi-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 114387; Es2; JCM 39384

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16S rRNA gene: OQ442332 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Methanimicrococcus stummii Protasov and Brune 2025

• Synonyms:

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

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