Genus "Candidatus Sifarchaeotum"

Name: "Candidatus Sifarchaeotum" Farag et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Effective publication: Farag IF, Zhao R, Biddle JF. "Sifarchaeota," a Novel Asgard Phylum from Costa Rican Sediment Capable of Polysaccharide Degradation and Anaerobic Methylotrophy. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:0. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Sifarchaeum" corrig. Farag et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Sifarchaeum" corrig. Farag et al. 2021	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

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 Sifarchaeotum marinoarchaea" Farag et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Sifarchaeotum subterraneus" Farag et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Sifarchaeaceae" Sun et al. 2021

Assigned by: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30. 🇦🇺

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