Name: "Methanocatella thaueri" (Miller and Lin 2002) Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanobrevibacter thaueri Miller and Lin 2002

Etymology: thau’er.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. thaueri, of Thauer, named in honor of Rudolf K. Thauer for his fundamental contributions to the delineation of the biochemistry of methanogenesis

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: CW; DSM 11955; DSM 11995; OCM 817

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16S rRNA gene: U55236 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 thaueri Miller and Lin 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanobrevibacter thaueri Miller and Lin 2002	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: "Methanocatella" 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: 41762