Name: Archaea Woese et al. 2024

Category: Domain

Proposed as: dom. nov.

Etymology: Ar.chae’a. Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, denoting an archaeon, and therefore the last component in some of the names of genera currently placed in this domain; N.L. neut. pl. n. Archaea, the domain of the archaea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-K^HA͡E-a, neuter

Type genus: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Archaebiota" Luketa 2012	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the genus Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Parvarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Iainarchaeota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Aenigmatarchaeota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Nanohalarchaeota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Nanobdellota Huber et al. 2023 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Microcaldota Sakai et al. 2023 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Imachi et al. (2024) assigned the phylum Promethearchaeota Imachi et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Kato S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Miyata M, Ogawara M, Saito Y, Sakai S, Tahara YO, et al. Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6435. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Archaeota". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Archaeum".
  • 🔧 This taxon name is a replacement for "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Woese et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Göker and Oren).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    [Archaea, not assigned to kingdom]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    "Crenarchaeida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym
    "Euryarchaeida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym
    "Korarchaeota" Barns et al. 1996	not validly published	synonym
    Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nanobdellati Rinke et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Promethearchaeati Imachi et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Proteoarchaeota" Petitjean et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: 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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