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Class Promethearchaeia
Name: Promethearchaeia Imachi et al. 2024
Etymology: Pro.me.the.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. neut. n. Promethearchaeum, type genus of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Promethearchaeia, the class of the genus Promethearchaeum
Type genus: Promethearchaeum Imachi et al. 2024
Valid publication:
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. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6494.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧒 Imachi et al. (2024) assigned the family Promethearchaeaceae Imachi et al. 2024 to this class.
Publication:
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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🧒 Imachi et al. (2024) assigned the genus Promethearchaeum Imachi et al. 2024 to this class.
Publication:
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Prometharchaeia".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3.
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🧒 Imachi et al. (2024) assigned the family Promethearchaeaceae Imachi et al. 2024 to this class.
Publication:
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Promethearchaeales Imachi et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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