Name: Promethearchaeaceae Imachi et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pro.me.the.ar.chae.a.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Promethearchaeum, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Promethearchaeaceae, the family of the genus Promethearchaeum

Gender: feminine

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Imachi et al. (2024) assigned this family to the class Promethearchaeia Imachi et al. 2024. 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.
  • 🧕 Imachi et al. (2024) assigned this family to the phylum Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024. 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: "Prometharchaeaceae"; "Prometheoarchaeaceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3.

Subdivision:

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: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Harpocratesius" Wu et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Lokiarchaeon" Spang et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Promethearchaeum Imachi et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Promethearchaeum" corrig. Imachi et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum" Imachi et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Promethearchaeales 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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