Name: "Candidatus Nanohalarchaeum" corrig. Hamm et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.hal.ar.chae’um. Gr. masc. n. nânos, a dwarf; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, an archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Nanohalarchaeum, a small archaeon living in salt

Gender: neuter (stem: Nanohalarchae-)

Type species: "Candidatus Nanohalarchaeum antarcticum" corrig. Hamm et al. 2019

Original publication: Hamm JN, Erdmann S, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Angeloni A, Zhong L, Brownlee C, Williams TJ, Barton K, Carswell S, Smith MA, et al. Unexpected host dependency of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:14661-14670.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeum" Hamm et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Nanohalarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeum" Hamm et al. 2019. Publication: Hamm JN, Erdmann S, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Angeloni A, Zhong L, Brownlee C, Williams TJ, Barton K, Carswell S, Smith MA, et al. Unexpected host dependency of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:14661-14670.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584.

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 Nanohalarchaeum antarcticum" corrig. Hamm et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Nanohaloarchaeota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 11526