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