Name: "Candidatus Asgardarchaeota" Da Cunha et al. 2017

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Da Cunha V, Gaia M, Gadelle D, Nasir A, Forterre P. Lokiarchaea are close relatives of Euryarchaeota, not bridging the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006810.

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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Asgardarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sun et al. (2021) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959.
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned the class "Lokiarchaeia" to this phylum. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Odinarchaeia" Vogel et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Baldrarchaeia" Liu et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Hermodarchaeia" Liu et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Jordarchaeia" Sun et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Sifarchaeia" Sun et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Wukongarchaeia" Liu et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Sun et al. (2021) assigned the class "Thorarchaeia" to this phylum. Publication: Sun J, Evans PN, Gagen EJ, Woodcroft BJ, Hedlund BP, Woyke T, Hugenholtz P, Rinke C. Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Commun 2021; 1:30.
  • 🧒 Tamarit et al. (2024) assigned the class "Candidatus Asgardarchaeia" Tamarit et al. 2024 to this phylum. Publication: Tamarit D, Kostlbacher S, Appler KE, Panagiotou K, De Anda V, Rinke C, Baker BJ, Ettema TJG. Description of Asgardarchaeum abyssi gen. nov. spec. nov., a novel species within the class Asgardarchaeia and phylum Asgardarchaeota in accordance with the SeqCode. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126525.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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