Name: "Candidatus Scotarchaeum" Adam et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Scot.ar.chae’um. Gr. masc. n. skotos, darkness; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, ancient one, archaeon, ancient; from Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Scotarchaeum, an archaeon living in darkness

Gender: neuter (stem: Scotarchae-)

Type species: "Candidatus Scotarchaeum ottlingeri" Adam et al. 2022

Original publication: Adam PS, Kolyfetis GE, Bornemann TLV, Vorgias CE, Probst AJ. Genomic remnants of ancestral methanogenesis and hydrogenotrophy in Archaea drive anaerobic carbon cycling. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm9651.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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 Scotarchaeum ottlingeri" Adam et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Geothermarchaeales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35805