Name: "Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum" Lang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ter’mi.tum. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; from French masc. n. méthyle, methyl group; from Chem. neut. suff. -ane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a form; N.L. neut. n. Methanoplasma, a methane-producing form. ter’mi.tum; L. masc. n. termes (gen. termitis), (variant of tarmes), a woodworm, a termite; L. gen. masc. pl. n. termitum, of termites, referring to the habitat of the organism

Gender: neuter

Type strain: MpT1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP010070 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lang K, Schuldes J, Klingl A, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Brunea A. New mode of energy metabolism in the seventh order of methanogens as revealed by comparative genome analysis of "Candidatus methanoplasma termitum". Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:1338-1352.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanoplasma" Lang et al. 2015. Publication: Lang K, Schuldes J, Klingl A, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Brunea A. New mode of energy metabolism in the seventh order of methanogens as revealed by comparative genome analysis of "Candidatus methanoplasma termitum". Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:1338-1352.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanoplasma" Lang et al. 2015

Assigned by: Lang K, Schuldes J, Klingl A, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Brunea A. New mode of energy metabolism in the seventh order of methanogens as revealed by comparative genome analysis of "Candidatus methanoplasma termitum". Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:1338-1352.

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