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

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" Nunoura et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the kingdom Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024. 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.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    [Augarchaeota, not assigned to class]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis

Parent taxon: Archaea Woese et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 38929