Name: "Crenarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: new kingdom

Etymology: Cren.arch.ae.o’ta. Gr. fem. n. krênê, for the ostensible resemblance of this phenotype to the ancestor (source) of the domain Archaea (spring, fount); Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient, primitive; N.L. neut. pl. n. Crenarchaeota, Archaea resembling their source [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]

Original publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • Woese et al. (1990) assigned this kingdom to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • Woese et al. (1990) assigned the genus Pyrodictium Stetter et al. 1984 to this kingdom. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • Woese et al. (1990) assigned the genus Thermoproteus Zillig and Stetter 1982 to this kingdom. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Creanarchaeota"; "Crearchaeota"; "Crenarahaeota"; "Crenarcluuota"; "Crenarrhaeota"; "Crenarthaeota"; "Crenoarchaeota"; "Crmarchaeota". — This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Crenarchaeote".
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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Record number: 29227