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 (gen. gigantos); Gr. neut. n. thaûma, wonder; N.L. neut. n. Gigantothauma, a large member of the Thaumarchaeota

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Gigantothaumat-), gi-gan-to-T^HA͡U-ma

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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

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

Taxonomic status: pro-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	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Gigantothauma porcinsulae" corrig. Muller et al. 2010	not validly published	pro-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