Name: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum methylthiophilus" Nobu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: me.thyl.thi.o’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl group; Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. methylthiophilus, methyl- and sulfur-loving

Pronunciation, gender: me-t^hyl-t^hi-O-p^hi-lus, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ADurb1213_Bin02801

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LNJE01000006 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K, Mei R, Liu WT. Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen. ISME J 2016; 10:2478-2487.

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 Methanofastidiosum methylothiophilum" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum methylothiophilum" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum" Nobu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K, Mei R, Liu WT. Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen. ISME J 2016; 10:2478-2487.

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Record number: 2751