Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006 Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Neomegalonemataceae Hördt et al. 2020 Neomegalonema Oren 2017 Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006 Neomegalonema Oren 2017 Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006 Neomegalonema perideroedes (Thomsen et al. 2006) Oren 2017 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Thomsen T.R. Blackall L.L. de Muro M.A. Nielsen J.L. Nielsen P.H. Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. 2006 56 8 1865 1868 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02916-0 16902022 Thomsen T.R. Blackall L.L. de Muro M.A. Nielsen J.L. Nielsen P.H. Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. 2006 56 8 1865 1868 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02916-0 16902022 Neomegalonema perideroedes (Thomsen et al. 2006) Oren 2017 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Neomegalonema perideroedes (Thomsen et al. 2006) Oren 2017 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Oren A. On names of genera of prokaryotes that are later homonyms of generic names with standing in the zoological or the botanical nomenclature. Proposal of Neomegalonema gen. nov. and Neomegalonema perideroedes comb. nov. as replacements for the prokaryotic generic name Meganema and the species name Meganema perideroedes. 2017 67 10 4276 4278 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.002349 28933323 Thomsen T.R. Blackall L.L. de Muro M.A. Nielsen J.L. Nielsen P.H. Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge. 2006 56 8 1865 1868 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02916-0 16902022 Nielsen J.L. Christensen D. Kloppenborg M. Nielsen P.H. Quantification of cell-specific substrate uptake by probe-defined bacteria under in situ conditions by microautoradiography and fluorescence in situ hybridization. 2003 5 3 202 211 Environmental Microbiology Environ Microbiol 1462-2912 1462-2920 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00402.x 12588299 Levantesi C. Beimfohr C. Geurkink B. Rossetti S. Thelen K. Krooneman J. Snaidr J. van der Waarde J. Tandoi V. Filamentous Alphaproteobacteria associated with bulking in industrial wastewater treatment plants. 2004 27 6 716 727 Systematic and Applied Microbiology Syst Appl Microbiol 0723-2020 10.1078/0723202042369974 15612630 This name is illegitimate because the name of the genus is illegitimate.