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: neuter (stem: Altarchae-)

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

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 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" 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 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 (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Altarchaeum hamiconexum" corrig. Probst et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Altarchaeum horonobense" corrig. Esser et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct 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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