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Class "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeia"
Name: "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeia" Maeke et al. 2025
Etymology: Pen.umbr.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Penumbrarchaeia
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pen-umbr-ar-KHA͡E-i-a, neuter
Type order: "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeales" Maeke et al. 2025
Original publication:
Maeke MD, Yin X, Wunder LC, Vanni C, Richter-Heitmann T, Miravet-Verde S, Ruscheweyh HJ, Sunagawa S, Fabian J, Piontek J, et al. Extensive data mining uncovers novel diversity among members of the rare biosphere within the Thermoplasmatota. Microbiome 2025; 13:155. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Mäke et al. (2025) assigned this class to the phylum Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Maeke MD, Yin X, Wunder LC, Vanni C, Richter-Heitmann T, Miravet-Verde S, Ruscheweyh HJ, Sunagawa S, Fabian J, Piontek J, et al. Extensive data mining uncovers novel diversity among members of the rare biosphere within the Thermoplasmatota. Microbiome 2025; 13:155. 🇨🇳
- 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
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🧕 Mäke et al. (2025) assigned this class to the phylum Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Maeke MD, Yin X, Wunder LC, Vanni C, Richter-Heitmann T, Miravet-Verde S, Ruscheweyh HJ, Sunagawa S, Fabian J, Piontek J, et al. Extensive data mining uncovers novel diversity among members of the rare biosphere within the Thermoplasmatota. Microbiome 2025; 13:155.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeales" Maeke et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name
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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: 66495
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