Name: "Candidatus Baizosediminiarchaeum" Yu et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ba.i.zo.se.di.mi.ni.ar.chae’um. Chinese n. Bai, Ze, a propitious white creature living in the cold Kunlun Mountains in Chinese mythology; L. neut. n. sedimen (gen. sedminis), sediment; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, ancient one, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Baizosediminiarchaeum, an archaeon from sediment and named after Baize, a propitious creature in Chinese mythology

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Baizosediminiarchae-), ba-i-zo-se-di-mi-ni-ar-K^HA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Baizosediminiarchaeum ligniniphilus" Yu et al. 2023

Original publication: Yu T, Hu H, Zeng X, Wang Y, Pan D, Deng L, Liang L, Hou J, Wang F. Widespread Bathyarchaeia encode a novel methyltransferase utilizing lignin-derived aromatics. mLife 2023; 2:272-282. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 See also Hou et al. (2023). Publication: Hou J, Wang Y, Zhu P, Yang N, Liang L, Yu T, Niu M, Konhauser K, Woodcroft BJ, Wang F. Taxonomic and carbon metabolic diversification of Bathyarchaeia during its coevolution history with early Earth surface environment. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadf5069. 🇨🇳

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 Baizosediminiarchaeum ligniniphilus" Yu et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Baizostellaceae" Hou et al. 2023

Assigned by: Yu T, Hu H, Zeng X, Wang Y, Pan D, Deng L, Liang L, Hou J, Wang F. Widespread Bathyarchaeia encode a novel methyltransferase utilizing lignin-derived aromatics. mLife 2023; 2:272-282. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 50978