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Name: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" corrig. Spang et al. 2015
Etymology: Lo.ki.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Lokiarchaeum, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Lokiarchaeota, the Candidatus Lokiarchaeum phylum
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.
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
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024
Name | Kind |
---|---|
"Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" Spang et al. 2015 | other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling |
"Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" Bulzu et al. 2019 | homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published |
"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 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 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 Hermodarchaeota" Liu et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP |
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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Record number: 823