Name: "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeaceae" Maeke et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Pen.umbr.ar.chae.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Penumbrarchaeaceae, the Penumbrarchaeum family

Pronunciation, gender: pen-umbr-ar-k^ha͡e-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeum" 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. 🇨🇳

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeum" Maeke et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Penumbrarchaeales" Maeke et al. 2025

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 66954