Name: "Candidatus Altarchaeum" corrig. Probst et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Alt.ar.chae’um. L. masc. adj. altus, high, deep; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Altarchaeum, an archaeon from the deep

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Altarchae-), alt-ar-K^HA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Altarchaeum hamiconexum" corrig. Probst et al. 2014

Effective publication: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Altiarchaeum" Probst et al. 2014	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Altarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Altarchaeaceae" corrig. Probst et al. 2014. Publication: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Altarchaeales" corrig. Probst et al. 2014. Publication: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Altarchaeia" Dong et al. 2022. Publication: Dong X, Zhang C, Peng Y, Zhang HX, Shi LD, Wei G, Hubert CRJ, Wang Y, Greening C. Phylogenetically and catabolically diverse diazotrophs reside in deep-sea cold seep sediments. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4885. 🇨🇳
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Altarchaeota" corrig. Seitz et al. 2016. Publication: Seitz KW, Lazar CS, Hinrichs KU, Teske AP, Baker BJ. Genomic reconstruction of a novel, deeply branched sediment archaeal phylum with pathways for acetogenesis and sulfur reduction. ISME J 2016; 10:1696-1705. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Probst et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Altarchaeales" corrig. Probst et al. 2014. Publication: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Altiarchaeum" Probst et al. 2014. Publication: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. 🇺🇸

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Altarchaeum crystalense" corrig. Esser et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Altarchaeum hamiconexum" corrig. Probst et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Altarchaeum horonobense" corrig. Esser et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Altarchaeaceae" corrig. Probst et al. 2014

Assigned by: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. 🇺🇸

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