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Phylum "Candidatus Lokiarchaeia"
Name: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" Spang et al. 2015
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lo-ki-ar-KHA͡E-i-a, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015
Effective publication:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" Bulzu et al. 2019 homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published "Candidatus Hermodarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Sifarchaeota" Farag et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Borrarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Wukongarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Baldrarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Njordarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Odinarchaeota" Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al. 2017 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015.
Publication:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179. 🇸🇪
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015.
Publication:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179.
Parent taxon: Promethearchaeati Imachi et al. 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. —
Imachi H, Nobu MK, Kato S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Miyata M, Ogawara M, Saito Y, Sakai S, Tahara YO, et al. Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6435. 🇯🇵
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