Promethearchaeaceae

Promethearchaeaceae Temporal range: Neoarchean–Present [1]
SEM image of Promethearchaeum syntrophicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Promethearchaeati
Phylum:	Promethearchaeota
Class:	Promethearchaeia
Order:	Promethearchaeales Imachi et al., 2024 [2]
Family:	Promethearchaeaceae Imachi et al., 2024 [2]
Genera
"Ca. Harpocratesius" "Ca. Lokiarchaeum" Promethearchaeum
Synonyms
"Lokiarchaeales" Wu et al., 2022 [3]

Promethearchaeaceae is a family of Asgard archaea. It contains the genera "Candidatus Harpocratesius", "Ca. Lokiarchaeum" and Promethearchaeum . ^{[2] [1] [4]}

References

1. Zhang, Jiawei; Feng, Xiaoyuan; Li, Meng; Liu, Yang; Liu, Min; Hou, Li-Jun; Dong, Hong-Po (2025-05-07). "Deep origin of eukaryotes outside Heimdallarchaeia within Asgardarchaeota". Nature. 642 (8069): 990–998. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08955-7 . ISSN   1476-4687. PMC   12222021 . PMID   40335687.
2. Imachi, Hiroyuki; Nobu, Masaru K.; Kato, Shingo; Takaki, Yoshihiro; Miyazaki, Masayuki; Miyata, Makoto; Ogawara, Miyuki; Saito, Yumi; Sakai, Sanae; Tahara, Yuhei O.; Takano, Yoshinori; Tasumi, Eiji; Uematsu, Katsuyuki; Yoshimura, Toshihiro; Itoh, Takashi; Ohkuma, Moriya; Takai, Ken (5 July 2024). "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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 74 (7): 006435. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006435 . PMC   11316595 . PMID   38967634.
3. Wu, Fabai; Speth, Daan R.; Philosof, Alon; Crémière, Antoine; Narayanan, Aditi; Barco, Roman A.; Connon, Stephanie A.; Amend, Jan P.; Antoshechkin, Igor A.; Orphan, Victoria J. (2022-01-13). "Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote–eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes". Nature Microbiology. 7 (2): 200–212. doi: 10.1038/s41564-021-01039-y . ISSN   2058-5276. PMC   8813620 . PMID   35027677.
4. Promethearchaeaceae in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .