Name: "Candidatus Argarchaeum ethanivorans" corrig. Chen et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: e.tha.ni.vo.rans. L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. part. adj. ethanivorans

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Eth-Arch1

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Original publication: Chen SC, Musat N, Lechtenfeld OJ, Paschke H, Schmidt M, Said N, Popp D, Calabrese F, Stryhanyuk H, Jaekel U, et al. Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep. Nature 2019; 568:108-111.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Argoarchaeum ethanivorans" Chen et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Argarchaeum" corrig. Chen et al. 2019. Publication: Chen SC, Musat N, Lechtenfeld OJ, Paschke H, Schmidt M, Said N, Popp D, Calabrese F, Stryhanyuk H, Jaekel U, et al. Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep. Nature 2019; 568:108-111.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Argarchaeum" corrig. Chen et al. 2019

Assigned by: Chen SC, Musat N, Lechtenfeld OJ, Paschke H, Schmidt M, Said N, Popp D, Calabrese F, Stryhanyuk H, Jaekel U, et al. Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep. Nature 2019; 568:108-111.

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Record number: 12308