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Name: "Candidatus Njordarchaeia" Xie et al. 2022
Etymology: Njord.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. neut. n. Njordarchaeum, Candidatus generic name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Njordarchaeia, the Njordarchaeum class
Type genus: "Candidatus Njordarchaeum" Xie et al. 2022
Original publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Candidatus Njordarchaeales" Xie et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name |
Parent taxon: Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024
Assigned by:
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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Record number: 29844