Name: "Candidatus Argarchaeum" corrig. Chen et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Arg.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Argarchaeum

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Argarchae-), arg-ar-KHA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Argarchaeum ethanivorans" corrig. Chen et al. 2019

Effective publication: Chen SC, Musat N, Lechtenfeld OJ, Paschke H, Schmidt M, Said N, Popp D, Calabrese F, Stryhanyuk H, Jaekel U, et al. Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep. Nature 2019; 568:108-111. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: 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

Parent taxon: [Methanosarcinales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 8945
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