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

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: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Promethearchaeum Imachi et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum" Imachi et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Promethearchaeum Imachi et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Imachi et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the phylum "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015. 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.
  • 🚋 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1.

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	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Promethearchaeaceae Imachi et al. 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Imachi H, Nobu MK, Kato S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Miyata M, Ogawara M, Saito Y, Sakai S, Tahara YO, et al. Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6435.

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