Name: "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Verstraete, recognizing the contributions of Professor Willy Verstraete (Centre for Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Belgium) to the development and application of engineered microbial ecosystems such as anaerobic digesters; suff. -archaeota, ending to denote an archaeal phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Verstraetearchaeota

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Methanomethylicus" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Effective publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Vanwonterghem et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Vanwonterghem I, Evans PN, Parks DH, Jensen PD, Woodcroft BJ, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16170.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Verstaraetearchaeota"; "Verstraeteachaeota".

Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 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. — 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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