Name: "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Eur.y.arch.ae.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Euryarchaeota, from the Kingdom Euryarchaeota (Woese, Kandler and Wheelis 1990, 4579)

Gender: neuter

Type order: Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Original publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.

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: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermoplasmatota" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Altiarchaeota" Seitz et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Methanobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Altarchaeota" corrig. Seitz et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Halobacteriota" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Altarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the kingdom Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Adam et al. (2017) assigned the order "Methanophagales" Adam et al. 2017 to this phylum. Publication: Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425.
  • 🧒 Adam et al. (2017) assigned the superclass "Stygia" Adam et al. 2017 to this phylum. Publication: Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425.
  • 🧒 Adam et al. (2017) assigned the superclass "Acherontia" Adam et al. 2017 to this phylum. Publication: Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Halobacteria Grant et al. 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Archaeoglobi Garrity and Holt 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Methanobacteria Boone 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Methanococci Boone 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Methanopyri Garrity and Holt 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355.
  • 🧒 Borrel et al. (2012) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus" Borrel et al. 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Borrel G, Harris HM, Tottey W, Mihajlovski A, Parisot N, Peyretaillade E, Peyret P, Gribaldo S, O'Toole PW, Brugere JF. Genome sequence of "Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus" Mx1201, a methanogenic archaeon from the human gut belonging to a seventh order of methanogens. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:6944-6945.
  • 🧒 Borrel et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Methanoliparia" Borrel et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.
  • 🧒 Borrel et al. (2019) assigned the order "Candidatus Syntropharchaeales" corrig. Borrel et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Borrel G, Adam PS, McKay LJ, Chen LX, Sierra-Garcia IN, Sieber CMK, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen GL, Li WJ, et al. Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:603-613.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the class "Methanomicrobia" Brenner et al. 2005 to this phylum. Publication: Brenner DJ, Krieg N, Staley JT. BERGEY’S MANUAL OF Systematic Bacteriology (2. Edt.), Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A: Introductory Essays. Springer, New York, 2005.
  • 🧒 Fujishima et al. (2011) assigned the genus "Candidatus Micrarchaeum" Baker et al. 2010 to this phylum. Publication: Fujishima K, Sugahara J, Miller CS, Baker BJ, Di Giulio M, Takesue K, Sato A, Tomita M, Banfield JF, Kanai A. A novel three-unit tRNA splicing endonuclease found in ultrasmall Archaea possesses broad substrate specificity. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:9695-9704.
  • 🧒 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned the class "Methanonatroarchaeia" to this phylum. Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧒 Martin-Cuadrado et al. (2015) assigned the class "Thalassarchaea" to this phylum. Publication: Martin-Cuadrado AB, Garcia-Heredia I, Molto AG, Lopez-Ubeda R, Kimes N, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Rodriguez-Valera F. A new class of marine Euryarchaeota group II from the Mediterranean deep chlorophyll maximum. ISME J 2015; 9:1619-1634.
  • 🧒 Narasingarao et al. (2012) assigned the class "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaea" Narasingarao et al. 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Narasingarao P, Podell S, Ugalde JA, Brochier-Armanet C, Emerson JB, Brocks JJ, Heidelberg KB, Banfield JF, Allen EE. De novo metagenomic assembly reveals abundant novel major lineage of Archaea in hypersaline microbial communities. ISME J 2012; 6:81-93.
  • 🧒 Nobu et al. (2016) assigned the class "Candidatus Methanofastidiosia" corrig. Nobu et al. 2016 to this phylum. Publication: Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K, Mei R, Liu WT. Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen. ISME J 2016; 10:2478-2487.
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the class "Syntropharchaeia" to this phylum. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🧒 Petitjean et al. (2015) assigned the superclass "Diaforarchaea" Petitjean et al. 2015 to this phylum. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Brochier-Armanet C. Extending the conserved phylogenetic core of archaea disentangles the evolution of the third domain of life. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 32:1242-1254.
  • 🧒 Petitjean et al. (2015) assigned the superclass "Methanomada" Petitjean et al. 2015 to this phylum. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Brochier-Armanet C. Extending the conserved phylogenetic core of archaea disentangles the evolution of the third domain of life. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 32:1242-1254.
  • 🧒 Probst et al. (2014) assigned the order "Candidatus Altarchaeales" corrig. Probst et al. 2014 to this phylum. Publication: Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497.
  • 🧒 Reysenbach et al. (2006) assigned the genus "Candidatus Aciduliprofundum" Reysenbach et al. 2006 to this phylum. Publication: Reysenbach AL, Liu Y, Banta AB, Beveridge TJ, Kirshtein JD, Schouten S, Tivey MK, Von Damm KL, Voytek MA. A ubiquitous thermoacidophilic archaeon from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Nature 2006; 442:444-447.
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2018) assigned the class Methanonatronarchaeia Sorokin et al. 2018 to this phylum. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Euarchaeota"; "Euiyarchaeota"; "Eukyarchaeota"; "Euryachaeota"; "Euryanhaeota"; "Euryarachaeota"; "Euryarchaeaota"; "Euryarchaeotaa"; "Euryarchaoeota"; "Euryarchaota"; "Euryarcheaeota"; "Euryarcheota"; "Eurychaeota"; "Euryechaeota"; "Euryparchaeota"; "Euryyarchaeota"; "Euyarchaeota".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 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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