Name: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosa" Nobu et al. 2016

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Me.tha.no.fas.tid.i.o’sa. N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane (in compound words); L. fem. adj. fastidiosa, highly critical, referring to the nutritional fastidiousness of the organism, particularly on primary isolation; N.L. fem. n. Methanofastidiosa

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanofastidiosum" Nobu et al. 2016

Original publication: Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K, Mei R, Liu WT. Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen. ISME J 2016; 10:2478-2487.

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 Methanofastidiosia" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Methanofastidiosia" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Candidatus Methanofastidiosia" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016. Publication: Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K, Mei R, Liu WT. Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen. ISME J 2016; 10:2478-2487.

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

Assigned by: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of four additional phylum names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6024.

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