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Species "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum primum"
Name: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum primum" Spang et al. 2015
Etymology: pri’mum. L. neut. adj. primum, first
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PRI-mum, neuter
Nomenclatural type: GC14_75; JYIM01000000
Effective publication:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015.
Publication:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179. 🇸🇪
- 🧍 This species name was not proposed in the effective publication of its genus name. However, Appendix 4 of Candidatus List No. 7 assigned this species as the type species of its genus, as no species had been proposed in the same effective publication in which the genus name was included. The species name should be treated as if it had been included in both the effective publication and the Candidatus List that first listed the genus name.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015.
Publication:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Spang A, Saw JH, Jorgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179. 🇸🇪
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Record number: 68747
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