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Species "Candidatus Methanosuratincola mesotaenarum"
Name: "Candidatus Methanosuratincola mesotaenarum" Wu et al. 2024
Etymology: me.so.tae.na’rum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. neut. n. Tainaron, referring to Taenarum, a town named after Taenarus, a son of Zeus, Taenarum was believed to be the gate to the Underworld; N.L. neut. adj. mesotaenarum, referring to a moderately warm underground site
Nomenclatural type: GD_Cm_T35_P0_bin.90
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Original publication:
Wu K, Zhou L, Tahon G, Liu L, Li J, Zhang J, Zheng F, Deng C, Han W, Bai L, et al. Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota. Nature 2024; 632:1124-1130. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanosuratincola" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Wu K, Zhou L, Tahon G, Liu L, Li J, Zhang J, Zheng F, Deng C, Han W, Bai L, et al. Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota. Nature 2024; 632:1124-1130.
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Record number: 52161
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