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Name:Methanocellia Chuvochinaet al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Me.tha.no.cel’li.a.N.L. fem. n.Methanocella, type genus of the order class;L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ia,ending to denote a class;N.L. neut. pl. n.Methanocellia, class of the order Methanocellales [incorrectly formed: genus should have been the type]

Gender: neuter

Type genus:Methanocella Sakaiet al. 2008

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023;0:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published.Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024;74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name:Methanosarcinia Chuvochinaet al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanosarcinia" Rinkeet al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanocellia" Rinkeet al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanosarcinia Chuvochinaet al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this class to the phylumHalobacteriota Chuvochinaet al. 2024.Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023;0:0.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genusMethanocella Sakaiet al. 2008 to this class.Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023;0:0.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the orderMethanocellales Sakaiet al. 2008 to this class.Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023;0:0.
  • ❗Methanocellia is the correct name instead if this class is regarded as a separate class (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another class whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon:Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ.Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020;70:5607-5612.

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