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Phylum "Candidatus Aigarchaeota"
Name: "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" Nunoura et al. 2011
Etymology: Gr. aigi, meaning dawn and aurora for the intermediate features of hyperthermophilic and mesophilic life during the evolution of the crenarchaeal lineage (αυγη); N.L. neut. pl. n. Aigarchaeota
Effective publication:
Nunoura T, Takaki Y, Kakuta J, Nishi S, Sugahara J, Kazama H, Chee GJ, Hattori M, Kanai A, Atomi H, et al. Insights into the evolution of Archaea and eukaryotic protein modifier systems revealed by the genome of a novel archaeal group. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:3204-3223. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. "Candidatus phylum list no. 1." Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Beam et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Beam JP, Jay ZJ, Schmid MC, Rusch DB, Romine MF, Jennings Rde M, Kozubal MA, Tringe SG, Wagner M, Inskeep WP. Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an oxic, hot spring filamentous 'streamer' community. ISME J 2016; 10:210-224.
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🧕 Guy and Ettema (2011) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "TACK" Guy and Ettema 2011.
Publication:
Guy L, Ettema TJ. The archaeal 'TACK' superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes. Trends Microbiol 2011; 19:580-587.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aigachaeota"; "Aigararchaeota".
- 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
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🧕 Beam et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Beam JP, Jay ZJ, Schmid MC, Rusch DB, Romine MF, Jennings Rde M, Kozubal MA, Tringe SG, Wagner M, Inskeep WP. Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an oxic, hot spring filamentous 'streamer' community. ISME J 2016; 10:210-224.
Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 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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Record number: 800
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