Name: "Methanobaculum cuticularis" (Leadbetter and Breznak 1997) Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanobrevibacter cuticularis Leadbetter and Breznak 1997

Etymology: cu.ti.cu.la’ris. L. fem. dim. n. cuticula, skin; N.L. masc./fem. adj. cuticularis, referring to the cuticular surface of the termite hindgut epithelium, which is colonized by this organism

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: DSM 11139; RFM-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U41095 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: Methanobrevibacter cuticularis Leadbetter and Breznak 1997

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanobrevibacter cuticularis Leadbetter and Breznak 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Methanobaculum" Protasov and Brune 2023. 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Protasov and Brune) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Protasov et al.).

Parent taxon: "Methanobaculum" Protasov and Brune 2023

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: 41726