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Register list for Penumbrarchaeum helgolandensis gen. nov. sp. nov. and their lineage

Submitted by Maeke, Mara

Table 1: Complete list of names proposed in the current register list.

Proposed Taxon Etymology Description Parent Taxon Type Registry URL
Class Penumbrarchaeia [Pe.num.brar.chae'i.a] N.L. neut. n. Penumbrarchaeum, referring to the type genus Penumbrarchaeum; -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Penumbrarchaeia, the Penumbrarchaeum class
The description is the same as for Candidatus Penumbrarchaeum gen. nov. with the following additions: Candidatus Penumbrarchaeia class. nov. comprises the type order Candidatus Penumbrarchaeales ord. nov. and Order 2, Order 3 and Order 4, three previously unidentified orders in this class. Members of Order 3 and Order 4 are anaerobes inhabiting the water column of oxygen minimum and oxygen deficient zones, not capable of protein degradation based on metabolic potential.
Thermoplasmatota Penumbrarchaeum seqco.de/i:49913
Order Penumbrarchaeales [Pe.num.brar.chae.a'les] N.L. neut. n. Penumbrarchaeum, referring to the type genus Penumbrarchaeum; -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Penumbrarchaeales, the Penumbrarchaeum order
The description is the same as for Candidatus Penumbrarchaeum gen. nov. with the following additions: Candidatus Penumbrarchaeales ord. nov. was previously known as “EX4484-6” and comprises two families Candidatus Penumbrarchaeaceae fam. nov. and Family 1B, previously known as “EX4484-36”.
Penumbrarchaeia Penumbrarchaeum seqco.de/i:49914
Family Penumbrarchaeaceae [Pe.num.brar.chae.a'ce.ae] N.L. neut. n. Penumbrarchaeum, referring to the type genus Penumbrarchaeum; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Penumbrarchaeaceae, the Penumbrarchaeum family
The description is the same as for Candidatus Penumbrarchaeum gen. nov. with the following additions: Candidatus Penumbrarchaeaceae was previously known as the family “EX4484-6”. Members of the family were inferred to be found in sediments of marine and freshwater origin as well as cold seeps. Type genus: Candidatus Penumbrarchaeum gen. nov.
Penumbrarchaeales Penumbrarchaeum seqco.de/i:49915
Genus Penumbrarchaeum [Pe.num.brar.chae'um] 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
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.
Penumbrarchaeaceae Penumbrarchaeum helgolandenseTs seqco.de/i:49916
Species Penumbrarchaeum helgolandenseTs [hel.go.lan.den'se] N.L. neut. adj. helgolandense, of Helgoland, the region where the Helgoland mud area is located in the North Sea, and this organism originated from
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. The species is represented by the MAG (metagenome-assembled genome) E3_1_d157 (3.46 Mbp), obtained from metagenomic sequences retrieved from an enrichment of Helgoland mud area sediment (54°05’15.5’’N, 7°58’05.5’’E) from a sediment depth of 45-70cm.
Penumbrarchaeum NCBI Assembly: GCA_965234725.1 Ts seqco.de/i:49912