Name: "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Cren.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Crenarchaeota, from the Kingdom Crenarchaeota (Woese, Kandler and Wheelis 1990, 4579) [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kren-ar-k^ha͡e-O-ta, neuter

Type order: Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982

Original publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AI. Crenarchaeota phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 169-210. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermoproteobacteria" Shetty et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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. 🇸🇪
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AI. Crenarchaeota phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 169-210. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the order Sulfolobales Stetter 1989 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AI. Crenarchaeota phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 169-210. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the order Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AI. Crenarchaeota phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 169-210. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 De la Torre et al. (2008) assigned the order "Candidatus Nitrosocaldales" De La Torre et al. 2008 to this phylum. Publication: de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Nunoura et al. (2011) assigned the genus "Candidatus Caldarchaeum" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 to this phylum. 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. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chrenarchaeota"; "Creanarchaeota"; "Crearchaeota"; "Crenachaeota"; "Crenarahaeota"; "Crenarchaota"; "Crenarcharchaeota"; "Crenarcheota"; "Crenarcluuota"; "Crenarrhaeota"; "Crenarthaeota"; "Crenoarchaeota"; "Crmarchaeota". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Crenarchaeote".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129. Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.

Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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