Name: "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus" Borrel et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CIP 112449; JCM 31474; Mx-05; Mx1201

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Original publication: Borrel G, Harris HM, Tottey W, Mihajlovski A, Parisot N, Peyretaillade E, Peyret P, Gribaldo S, O'Toole PW, Brugere JF. Genome sequence of "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus" Mx1201, a methanogenic archaeon from the human gut belonging to a seventh order of methanogens. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:6944-6945.

IJSEM list: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvi" corrig. Borrel et al. 2012

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanomethylophilus alvi Borrel et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvi" corrig. Borrel et al. 2012	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus" Borrel et al. 2012

Assigned by: Borrel G, Harris HM, Tottey W, Mihajlovski A, Parisot N, Peyretaillade E, Peyret P, Gribaldo S, O'Toole PW, Brugere JF. Genome sequence of "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus" Mx1201, a methanogenic archaeon from the human gut belonging to a seventh order of methanogens. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:6944-6945.

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Record number: 800544