Methanomethylophilus

Citation

Formal styling

Methanomethylophilus Borrel et al., 2023

Effective publication

Borrel et al., 2023

SeqCode status

Valid (ICNP)

Cannonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:428

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Methanomethylophil-

Syllabication

Me.tha.no.me.thy.lo'phi.lus

Etymology

N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl group; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus , loving; N.L. masc. n. Methanomethylophilus, methane-producing organism loving methyl groups.

Nomenclatural type

Methanomethylophilus alvi^T

Taxonomy

Description

The genus is defined by relative evolutionary divergence (RED) and phylogenomic analysis as a monophyletic group. Strictly anaerobic and chemoheterotrophic cocci. Utilize methanol and mono-, di- and trimethylamines only in combination with H2 as substrates for methanogenesis.

Classification

Archaea » “Euryarchaeota” » Thermoplasmata » Methanomassiliicoccales » Methanomethylophilaceae » Methanomethylophilus

Parent

Methanomethylophilaceae ncbigtdb

Children (2)

• Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus gtdb
• Methanomethylophilus alvi^T ncbi

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• NCBI Taxonomy: 1291539
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Search sequences

• NCBI Nucleotide
• NCBI Genomes

Local history

• This name was last modified 7 days ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered by

Protasov, Evgenii 8 months ago

Submitted by

Protasov, Evgenii 11 days ago

Curators

• Palmer, Marike

Reported valid by

Palmer, Marike 10 days ago