Name: "Candidatus Promethearchaeum" corrig. Imachi et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Pro.me.the.ar.chae’um. Gr. masc. n. Promêtheus, the god who shaped man out of mud and have him the ability to create fire; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, an archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Promethearchaeum, an archaeon named for Prometheus

Gender: neuter (stem: Promethearchae-)

Type species: "Candidatus Promethearchaeum syntrophicum" corrig. Imachi et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, et al. Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 2020; 577:519-525.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum" Imachi et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum" Imachi et al. 2020. Publication: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, et al. Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 2020; 577:519-525.

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 Promethearchaeum syntrophicum" corrig. Imachi et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Lokiarchaeota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 28526