Name: "Candidatus Gigantothauma" corrig. Muller et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Gi.gan.to.thau’ma. Gr. masc. n. gigas, a giant; Gr. neut. n. thaûma, wonder; N.L. neut. n. Gigantothauma, a large member of the Thaumarchaeota

Gender: neuter (stem: Gigantothaumat-)

Type species: "Candidatus Gigantothauma karukerense" corrig. Muller et al. 2010

Original publication: Muller F, Brissac T, Le Bris N, Felbeck H, Gros O. First description of giant Archaea (Thaumarchaeota) associated with putative bacterial ectosymbionts in a sulfidic marine habitat. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:2371-2383.

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 Giganthauma" Muller et al. 2010	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Muller et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the phylum "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008. Publication: Muller F, Brissac T, Le Bris N, Felbeck H, Gros O. First description of giant Archaea (Thaumarchaeota) associated with putative bacterial ectosymbionts in a sulfidic marine habitat. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:2371-2383.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Giganthauma" Muller et al. 2010. Publication: Muller F, Brissac T, Le Bris N, Felbeck H, Gros O. First description of giant Archaea (Thaumarchaeota) associated with putative bacterial ectosymbionts in a sulfidic marine habitat. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:2371-2383.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Gigantothauma karukerense" corrig. Muller et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Gigantothauma porcinsulae" corrig. Muller et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Thermoproteota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 21863