Name: "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Aug.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Augarchaeum, a yet-to-be-proposed name for the type genus; from Gr. fem. n. augê, dawn, sunlight [for the intermediate features of hyperthermophilic and mesophilic life during the evolution of the crenarchaeal lineage]; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, an archaeon; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Augarchaeota, the Candidatus Augarchaeum phylum

Gender: neuter

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: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

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: 38929
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