Name: "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum" Imachi et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: syn.tro’phi.cum. N.L. neut. adj. syntrophicum, syntrophic

Gender: neuter

Type strain: MK-D1

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16S rRNA gene: CP042905 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, et al. Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 2020; 577:519-525.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Promethearchaeum syntrophicum" corrig. Imachi et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Promethearchaeum syntrophicum" corrig. Imachi et al. 2020	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum" Imachi et al. 2020. Publication: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, et al. Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 2020; 577:519-525.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum" Imachi et al. 2020

Assigned by: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, et al. Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 2020; 577:519-525.

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Record number: 3525