Name: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Lo.ki.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Lokiarchaeia, the Lokiarchaeum class

Pronunciation, gender: lo-ki-ar-KHA͡E-i-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015

Original publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Promethearchaeia Imachi et al. 2024

Parent taxon: Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024

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. — Imachi H, Nobu MK, Kato S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Miyata M, Ogawara M, Saito Y, Sakai S, Tahara YO, et al. Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6435. 🇯🇵

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