Name: "Candidatus Helarchaeota" Seitz et al. 2019
Etymology: Hel.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Helarchaeum, a yet-to-be-proposed name for the type genus (named after Hel, the Norse goddess of the underworld and Loki’s daughter); N.L. neut. n. archaeum, an archaeon; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Helarchaeota, the Candidatus Helarchaeum phylum
Original publication: Seitz KW, Dombrowski N, Eme L, Spang A, Lombard J, Sieber JR, Teske AP, Ettema TJG, Baker BJ. Asgard archaea capable of anaerobic hydrocarbon cycling. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1822.
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)
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Record number: 13680