Penumbrarchaeum

Citation

Formal styling

Penumbrarchaeum Maeke et al., 2025

Effective publication

Maeke et al., 2025

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:zcce2eqc (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:49916

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Penumbrarchae-

Syllabication

Pe.num.brar.chae'um

Etymology

N.L. fem. n. penumbra, partial shadow as in partially hidden; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, ancient one, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Penumbrarchaeum, the archaeon hidden in the biosphere at the edge of detection

Nomenclatural type

Penumbrarchaeum helgolandense^Ts

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

Inferred to be of marine sediment origin, an anaerobe fermenting proteins, peptides and amino acids. Members were of low abundance (< 0.32%) and thus classified as rare biosphere.

Classification

Archaea » Thermoplasmatota » Penumbrarchaeia » Penumbrarchaeales » Penumbrarchaeaceae » Penumbrarchaeum

Parent

Penumbrarchaeaceae

Children (1)

• Penumbrarchaeum helgolandense^Ts

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• Wikispecies: Penumbrarchaeum
• Wikidata: Q136031431

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 3 months ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

8 months ago and claimed 8 months ago by Maeke, Mara

Submitted

8 months ago by Maeke, Mara

Curators

• Palmer, Marike (nomenclature)
• Rodriguez-R, Luis M (genomics)

Endorsed

8 months ago by Rodriguez-R, Luis M

Validated

3 months ago by Palmer, Marike

Date of priority

2025-07-15 11:06 AM (UTC)