Name: "Candidatus Methanodesulfokora washburnensis" corrig. McKay et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: wash.burn.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. washburnensis, pertaining to Washburn Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, USA

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Korarchaeota archaeon MDKW; MDKW

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16S rRNA gene: RCOS01000080 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: McKay LJ, Dlakic M, Fields MW, Delmont TO, Eren AM, Jay ZJ, Klingelsmith KB, Rusch DB, Inskeep WP. Co-occurring genomic capacity for anaerobic methane and dissimilatory sulfur metabolisms discovered in the Korarchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:614-622.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanodesulfokores washburnensis" McKay et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanodesulfokora" corrig. McKay et al. 2019. Publication: McKay LJ, Dlakic M, Fields MW, Delmont TO, Eren AM, Jay ZJ, Klingelsmith KB, Rusch DB, Inskeep WP. Co-occurring genomic capacity for anaerobic methane and dissimilatory sulfur metabolisms discovered in the Korarchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:614-622.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanodesulfokora" corrig. McKay et al. 2019

Assigned by: McKay LJ, Dlakic M, Fields MW, Delmont TO, Eren AM, Jay ZJ, Klingelsmith KB, Rusch DB, Inskeep WP. Co-occurring genomic capacity for anaerobic methane and dissimilatory sulfur metabolisms discovered in the Korarchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:614-622.

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Record number: 12386