Name: "Candidatus Syntropharchaeum butanivorans" corrig. Laso-Pérez et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: bu.ta.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. butanum, butane; L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. part. adj. butanivorans, eating butane

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BOX1

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16S rRNA gene: LYOR01000001 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Laso-Perez R, Wegener G, Knittel K, Widdel F, Harding KJ, Krukenberg V, Meier DV, Richter M, Tegetmeyer HE, Riedel D, et al. Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation. Nature 2016; 539:396-401.

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)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum butanivorans" Laso-Pérez et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Syntropharchaeum" corrig. Laso-Pérez et al. 2016. Publication: Laso-Perez R, Wegener G, Knittel K, Widdel F, Harding KJ, Krukenberg V, Meier DV, Richter M, Tegetmeyer HE, Riedel D, et al. Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation. Nature 2016; 539:396-401.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Syntropharchaeum" corrig. Laso-Pérez et al. 2016

Assigned by: Laso-Perez R, Wegener G, Knittel K, Widdel F, Harding KJ, Krukenberg V, Meier DV, Richter M, Tegetmeyer HE, Riedel D, et al. Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation. Nature 2016; 539:396-401.

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Record number: 17800