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Species "Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestus"
Name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestus" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016
Etymology: me.so.di.ges’tus. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; L. masc. perf. part. digestus, that has a good digestion; N.L. masc. part. adj. mesodigestus, referring to a mesophilic digester
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-so-di-GES-tus, masculine
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MAGS01000023
Analyse
FASTA
Effective 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. 
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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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Methanomethylicus mesodigestum" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016.
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. 🇦🇺
- 🧍 A type species was not chosen by its authors as the type species of its non-monotypic genus, but this species was designated as the type species in Appendix 3 of Candidatus List No. 7.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016.
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.
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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