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Phylum "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota"
Name: "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017
Etymology: Ge.o.therm.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Geothermarchaeum, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Geothermarchaeota, the Candidatus Geothermarchaeum phylum
Pronunciation, gender: ge-o-therm-ar-kha͡e-O-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Geothermarchaeum" Adam et al. 2022
Effective publication:
Jungbluth SP, Amend JP, Rappe MS. Metagenome sequencing and 98 microbial genomes from Juan de Fuca Ridge flank subsurface fluids. Sci Data 2017; 4:170037. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Candidatus list no. 5. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Thermoproteobacteria" Shetty et al. 2025 heterotypic 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 "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008 heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published "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 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Geothermoarchaeota".
- ❗ "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" is the pro-correct name instead if this phylum is regarded as a separate phylum (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another phylum whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
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🧍 The distinct name Hydrothermarchaeota from the same publication has a similar spelling.
Publication:
Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024
Assigned by:
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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: 28165
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