Name: "Candidatus Atabeyarchaeia" Valentin-Alvarado et al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: A.ta.bey.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. neut. n. Atabeyarchaeum, the type genus of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Atabeyarchaeia, the Atabeyarchaeum class

Pronunciation, gender: a-ta-bey-ar-KHA͡E-i-a, neuter

Type order: "Candidatus Atabeyarchaeales" Valentin-Alvarado et al. 2024

Original publication: Valentin-Alvarado LE, Appler KE, De Anda V, Schoelmerich MC, West-Roberts J, Kivenson V, Crits-Christoph A, Ly L, Sachdeva R, Greening C, et al. Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6384. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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: 1

Parent taxon: Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 57984
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