Name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestum" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: me.so.di.ges’tum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle, highlighting the preference for mesophilic habitats (may keep -o); L. masc. perf. part. digestus, form of digest, undergo digestion; N.L. neut. part. adj. mesodigestum, pertaining to the anaerobic digester environment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: V1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MAGS01000023 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

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

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestus" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestus" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Assigned by: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

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Record number: 1082