Name: "Candidatus Methanovirga aequatorialis" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ae.qua.to.ri.a’lis. M.L. fem. adj. aequatorialis, equatorial, denoting the origin of the host

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: Nm470_bin38; Nm470_bin38TS

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Original publication: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Methanovirga" Protasov and Brune 2023

Assigned by: Protasov E, Nonoh JO, Kastle Silva JM, Mies US, Herve V, Dietrich C, Lang K, Mikulski L, Platt K, Poehlein A, et al. Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1281628.

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Record number: 41770