Name: "Korarchaeota" Barns et al. 1996

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: regn. nov.

Etymology: Kor.ar.chae.o’ta. Gr. masc. n. koros, "young man" or kore (kore) "young woman, " for the early divergence of this group during the evolution of Archaea (koros); Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, "ancient, primitive" (archaios); N.L. neut. pl. n. Korarchaeota, the Candidatus Korarchaeum phylum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kor-ar-k^ha͡e-O-ta, neuter

Original publication: Barns SM, Delwiche CF, Palmer JD, Pace NR. Perspectives on archaeal diversity, thermophily and monophyly from environmental rRNA sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:9188-9193. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Proteoarchaeota" Petitjean et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Crenarchaeida" Luketa 2012	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Elkins et al. (2008) assigned the genus "Candidatus Korarchaeum" Elkins et al. 2008 to this kingdom. Publication: Elkins JG, Podar M, Graham DE, Makarova KS, Wolf Y, Randau L, Hedlund BP, Brochier-Armanet C, Kunin V, Anderson I, et al. A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of the Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:8102-8107. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Korachaeota"; "Korearchaeota".
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Archaea Woese 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. — Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

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