Name: "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: 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 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

Taxonomic status: misspelling

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermoproteobacteria" Shetty et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, 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
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "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
    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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