Name: Archaea Woese et al. 2024

Category: Domain

Proposed as: new domain

Etymology: Ar.chae’a. Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, denoting an archaeon, and therefore the last component in some of the names of genera currently placed in this domain; N.L. neut. pl. n. Archaea, the domain of the archaea

Type genus: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Archaebiota" Luketa 2012	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the genus Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Nanobdellati Rinke et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Nanohalarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Archaeota". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Archaeum".
  • 🔧 This taxon name is a replacement for "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2010. Publication: Tindall BJ, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ, Ludwig W, Kampfer P. Notes on the characterization of prokaryote strains for taxonomic purposes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:249-266.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2018. Publication: Chun J, Oren A, Ventosa A, Christensen H, Arahal DR, da Costa MS, Rooney AP, Yi H, Xu XW, De Meyer S, et al. Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:461-466.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. Minutes of the inaugural 25 October 2022 meeting of International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittees on Taxonomy representatives: challenges, trends, and perspectives for microbial taxonomists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6075.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Woese et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Göker and Oren).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 645; DSM: 548; CGMCC: 262; ATCC: 234; NBRC: 143; VKM: 84; CECT: 77; CIP: 59; KCTC: 55; NCIMB: 44.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 35

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aenigmatarchaeota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" Nunoura et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    [Archaea, not assigned to phylum]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    "Candidatus Asgardarchaeota" Da Cunha et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Baldrarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Borrarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Diapherotrites" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Freyrarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hadarchaeota" Chuvochina et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hadesarchaeota" McGonigle et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hermodarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hodarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Huberarchaea" Probst et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Huberarchaeota" corrig. Probst et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hydrothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Iainarchaeota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Kariarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" Spang et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Micrarchaeota" Baker and Dick 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Microcaldota Sakai et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nanobdellota Huber et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Nezhaarchaeota" Wang et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Njordarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Odinarchaeota" Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Parvarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Poseidoniota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Sigynarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Thermoplasmatota" Rinke et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Undinarchaeota" Dombrowski et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Wukongarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

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