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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Class "Candidatus Ordosarchaeia"

Name: "Candidatus Ordosarchaeia" Zhao et al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Or.dos.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. neut. n. Ordosarchaeum, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Ordosarchaeia, the Ordosarchaeum class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: or-dos-ar-KHA͡E-i-a, neuter

Type order: "Candidatus Ordosarchaeales" Zhao et al. 2024

Original publication: Zhao D, Zhang S, Chen J, Zhao J, An P, Xiang H. Members of the class Candidatus Ordosarchaeia imply an alternative evolutionary scenario from methanogens to haloarchaea. ISME J 2024; 18:0. 🇨🇳

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: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

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: 44476
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