Name: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: regn. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.pro.te.a’ti. N.L. masc. n. Thermoproteus, type genus of the kingdom; N.L. masc. pl. n. suff. -ati, ending to denote a kingdom; N.L. masc. pl. n. Thermoproteati, the Thermoproteus kingdom

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-pro-te-A-ti, masculine

Type genus: Thermoproteus Zillig and Stetter 1982

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

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Proteoarchaeota" Petitjean et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Korarchaeota" Barns et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Crenarchaeida" Luketa 2012	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the genus Thermoproteus Zillig and Stetter 1982 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001 to this kingdom. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type genus of this kingdom has alternatively been placed in the kingdom "Crenarchaeota" 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Guy and Ettema) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Göker and Oren).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 85; JCM: 83; ATCC: 34; NBRC: 27; IFO: 12; VKM: 11; NCIMB: 11; CGMCC: 5; KCTC: 5; CIP: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" Nunoura et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Nezhaarchaeota" Wang et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	not validly published	synonym
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	not validly published	synonym
    "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015	not validly published	synonym
    "Thermoproteobacteria" Shetty et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym
    "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Archaea Woese et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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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