Name: "Candidatus Methanothrix paradoxum" Angle et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pa.ra.do’xum. N.L. neut. adj. paradoxum, incredible, referring to the unusual property of sporulated cells to be highly motile

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Angle JC, Morin TH, Solden LM, Narrowe AB, Smith GJ, Borton MA, Rey-Sanchez C, Daly RA, Mirfenderesgi G, Hoyt DW, et al. Methanogenesis in oxygenated soils is a substantial fraction of wetland methane emissions. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1567.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Methanothrix paradoxa" corrig. Angle et al. 2017

Parent taxon: Methanothrix Huser et al. 1983

Assigned by: Angle JC, Morin TH, Solden LM, Narrowe AB, Smith GJ, Borton MA, Rey-Sanchez C, Daly RA, Mirfenderesgi G, Hoyt DW, et al. Methanogenesis in oxygenated soils is a substantial fraction of wetland methane emissions. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1567.

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Record number: 2754
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