Name: "Candidatus Methanosphaera massiliense" Pilliol et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, pertaining to Massilia, the antic name of the city of Marseille, where this bacterium was discovered

Pronunciation, gender: mas-si-li-EN-se, feminine

Nomenclatural type: BB6; CSUR 875; Q7470

Original publication: Pilliol V, Morsli M, Terlier L, Hassani Y, Malat I, Guindo CO, Davoust B, Lamglait B, Drancourt M, Aboudharam G, et al. Candidatus Methanosphaera massiliense sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeal species found in a human fecal sample and prevalent in pigs and red kangaroos. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0514122.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name although strain deposited in culture collection. Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187.

Parent taxon: Methanosphaera Miller and Wolin 1985

Assigned by: Pilliol V, Morsli M, Terlier L, Hassani Y, Malat I, Guindo CO, Davoust B, Lamglait B, Drancourt M, Aboudharam G, et al. Candidatus Methanosphaera massiliense sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeal species found in a human fecal sample and prevalent in pigs and red kangaroos. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0514122.

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Record number: 42219