Name: "Candidatus Nezhaarchaeota" Wang et al. 2019

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ne.zha.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Nezhaarchaeota, referring to Nezha, a famous mythical figure in ancient China [probably better: Nezharchaeota]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ne-z͡ha-ar-k^ha͡e-O-ta, neuter

Type class: "Candidatus Nezhaarchaea" Hua et al. 2019

Effective publication: Wang Y, Wegener G, Hou J, Wang F, Xiao X. Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:595-602. 🇨🇳

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: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wang et al. (2019) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Wang Y, Wegener G, Hou J, Wang F, Xiao X. Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:595-602. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 Wang et al. (2019) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "TACK" Guy and Ettema 2011. Publication: Wang Y, Wegener G, Hou J, Wang F, Xiao X. Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:595-602. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Hua et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Nezhaarchaea" Hua et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Hua ZS, Wang YL, Evans PN, Qu YN, Goh KM, Rao YZ, Qi YL, Li YX, Huang MJ, Jiao JY, et al. Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4574. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Nezhaarchaea" Hua et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Wang Y, Wegener G, Hou J, Wang F, Xiao X. Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:595-602. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nezharchaeota".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nezhaarchaea" Hua et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Nezhaarchaeia" corrig. Hua et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024

Assigned by: 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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