Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006 Meganema 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 Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006 Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Microvirga Kanso and Patel 2003 emend. Zhang et al. 2019 Protomonas Urakami and Komagata 1984 Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Alessa et al. 2021 Psychroglaciecola Qu et al. 2014 Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018 Enterovirga Chen et al. 2017 Meganema perideroedes Thomsen et al. 2006 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 McIlroy S.J. Lapidus A. Thomsen T.R. Han J. Haynes M. Lobos E. Huntemann M. Pati A. Ivanova N.N. Markowitz V. Verbarg S. Woyke T. Klenk H.-P. Kyrpides N. Nielsen P.H. High quality draft genome sequence of Meganema perideroedes str. Gr1T and a proposal for its reclassification to the family Meganemaceae fam. nov. 2015 10 23 1 8 Standards in Genomic Sciences Stand Genomic Sci 1944-3277 10.1186/s40793-015-0013-1 26203335 Kelly D.P. McDonald I.R. Wood A.P. Rosenberg E. DeLong E.F. Lory S. Stackebrandt E. Thompson F. The Family Methylobacteriaceae 2014 1 4 313 340 The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 3642301975 10.1007/978-3-642-30197-1_256 Neomegalonema Oren 2017 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 This name is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of a zoological name.