Name: "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990

Category: Domain

Proposed as: new domain

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient, primitive; N.L. neut. pl. n. Archaea

Original publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Adam et al. (2017) assigned the superclass "Methanotecta" Adam et al. 2017 to this domain. Publication: Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425.
  • Brochier-Armanet et al. (2008) assigned the phylum "Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008 to this domain. Publication: Brochier-Armanet C, Boussau B, Gribaldo S, Forterre P. Mesophilic Crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota. Nat Rev Microbiol 2008; 6:245-252.
  • Bulzu et al. (2019) assigned the superphylum "Asgardaeota" to this domain. Publication: Bulzu PA, Andrei AS, Salcher MM, Mehrshad M, Inoue K, Kandori H, Beja O, Ghai R, Banciu HL. Casting light on Asgardarchaeota metabolism in a sunlit microoxic niche. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1129-1137.
  • Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the kingdom "Proteoarchaeota" Petitjean et al. 2014 to this domain. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D. Rooting the domain archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 7:191-204.
  • Rinke et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Poseidoniia" Rinke et al. 2019 to this domain. Publication: Rinke C, Rubino F, Messer LF, Youssef N, Parks DH, Chuvochina M, Brown M, Jeffries T, Tyson GW, Seymour JR, et al. A phylogenomic and ecological analysis of the globally abundant Marine Group II archaea (Ca. Poseidoniales ord. nov.). ISME J 2019; 13:663-675.
  • Woese et al. (1990) assigned the kingdom "Euryarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990 to this domain. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • Woese et al. (1990) assigned the kingdom "Crenarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990 to this domain. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. (2017) assigned the superphylum "Asgard" Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. 2017 to this domain. Publication: Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Caceres EF, Saw JH, Backstrom D, Juzokaite L, Vancaester E, Seitz KW, Anantharaman K, Starnawski P, Kjeldsen KU, et al. Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity. Nature 2017; 541:353-358.
  • Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. (2017) assigned the superphylum "Asgardarchaeota" to this domain. Publication: Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Caceres EF, Saw JH, Backstrom D, Juzokaite L, Vancaester E, Seitz KW, Anantharaman K, Starnawski P, Kjeldsen KU, et al. Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity. Nature 2017; 541:353-358.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Archaeota".
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 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.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 571; DSM: 519; ATCC: 232; CGMCC: 208; NBRC: 136; VKM: 83; CECT: 69; CIP: 54; KCTC: 52; NCIMB: 44.
  • This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 30

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aenigmarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" Nunoura et al. 2011	not validly published
    "Candidatus Asgardarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2021	not validly published
    [Baldrarchaeota]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    [Borrarchaeota]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Candidatus Diapherotrites" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Freyrarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Candidatus Hadarchaeota" Chuvochina et al. 2019	not validly published
    [Hermodarchaeota]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    [Hodarchaeota]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Candidatus Huberarchaeota" Schwank et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Candidatus Hydrothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	not validly published
    [Kariarchaeota]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" Spang et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Micrarchaeota" Baker and Dick 2013	not validly published
    "Nanoarchaeota" Huber et al. 2002	not validly published
    "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Njordarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Candidatus Odinarchaeota" Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Parvarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Sifarchaeota" Farag et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Candidatus Sigynarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Candidatus Thermoplasmatota" Rinke et al. 2019	not validly published
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Undinarchaeota" Dombrowski et al. 2020	not validly published
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Wukongarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

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