Name: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum ossiferum" Rodrigues-Oliveira et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: os.si’fe.rum. L. neut. pl. n. ossa, skeleton; L. v. fero, to carry; N.L. neut. adj. ossiferum, skeleton-carrying

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Loki-B35

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Original publication: Rodrigues-Oliveira T, Wollweber F, Ponce-Toledo RI, Xu J, Rittmann SKR, Klingl A, Pilhofer M, Schleper C. Actin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon. Nature 2023; 613:332-339.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015

Assigned by: Rodrigues-Oliveira T, Wollweber F, Ponce-Toledo RI, Xu J, Rittmann SKR, Klingl A, Pilhofer M, Schleper C. Actin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon. Nature 2023; 613:332-339.

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Record number: 18028