Phylum "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeota"

Name: "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeota" corrig. Bulzu et al. 2019

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: He.im.dall.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Heimdallarchaeum, a yet-to-be-proposed name for the type genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Heimdallarchaeota, the Candidatus Heimdallarchaeum phylum [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]

Pronunciation, gender: he-im-dall-ar-kha͡e-O-ta, neuter

Effective publication: Bulzu PA, Andrei AS, Salcher MM, Mehrshad M, Inoue K, Kandori H, Beja O, Ghai R, Banciu HL. Casting light on Asgardarchaeota metabolism in a sunlit microoxic niche. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1129-1137. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeota" Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. 2017

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Record number: 42987
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