Name: "Proteoarchaeota" Petitjean et al. 2014

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: new kingdom

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Proteoarchaeota, making reference to the Greek god of the sea Proteus, able to display many different forms

Original publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D. Rooting the domain archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 7:191-204.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned this kingdom to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D. Rooting the domain archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 7:191-204.
  • Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the class "Aenigmarchaea" to this kingdom. — Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the class "Aigarchaea" to this kingdom. — Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the class "Korarchaea" to this kingdom. — Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the class "Nanoarchaea" to this kingdom. — Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the class "Parvarchaea" to this kingdom. — Petitjean et al. (2014) assigned the class "Thaumarchaea" to this kingdom. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D. Rooting the domain archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 7:191-204.
  • 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: 839