Name: "Methanorbis" Protasov and Brune 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.than.or’bis. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. masc. n. orbis, a disk (same stem as orbus); N.L. masc. n. Methanorbis, a methane-producing disk (no connecting vowel because second stem starts with a vowel)

Gender: masculine (stem: Methanorb-)

Type species: "Methanorbis furvi" Protasov and Brune 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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)

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Protasov and Brune) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Protasov et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Methanorudis from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Methanorbis basalitermitum" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Methanorbis furvi" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Methanorbis rubei" Protasov and Brune 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Methanocorpusculaceae Zellner et al. 1989

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: 41716