Name: "Candidatus Methanoculleus thermohydrogenotrophicum" Kougias et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ther.mo.hy.dro.ge.no.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot, highlighting the preference for thermophilic habitats; N.L. neut. n. hydrogenium, hydrogen; N.L. neut. adj. trophicum, referring to the nutrition concept; N.L. neut. adj. thermohydrogenotrophicum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ther-mo-hy-dro-ge-no-TRO-phi-kum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: DTU006

16S rRNA gene: LFRN01000187 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kougias PG, Campanaro S, Treu L, Zhu X, Angelidaki I. A novel archaeal species belonging to Methanoculleus genus identified via de-novo assembly and metagenomic binning process in biogas reactors. Anaerobe 2017; 46:23-32. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Methanoculleus thermohydrogenitrophicus" corrig. Kougias et al. 2017

Parent taxon: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Assigned by: Kougias PG, Campanaro S, Treu L, Zhu X, Angelidaki I. A novel archaeal species belonging to Methanoculleus genus identified via de-novo assembly and metagenomic binning process in biogas reactors. Anaerobe 2017; 46:23-32. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 1015
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