
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.34662
Name	Lokiarchaeon (sic) Spang et al. 2015
Name Status	Not Validly Published
Current Authority	(sic) Spang et al. 2015
Preferred Name	Lokiarchaeum
Taxonomic Rank	genus
Nomenclatural Type (designated species)	Lokiarchaeum sp. corrig. None 2015Lokiarchaeon sp. (sic) None 2015

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.34662


Proper Form	Lokiarchaeon (sic) Spang et al. 2015
Nomenclatural History	The genus Lokiarchaeon was originally proposed by Spang et al. 2015. Oren et al. corrected this name from Candidatus Lokiarchaeon (sic) to Candidatus Lokiarchaeum . No protologue was provided by Spang et al. 2015.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Lokiarchaeon (sic) Spang et al. 2015.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.34662.
Source File	10.1601/nm.34662.xml


This information was last reviewed on June 17, 2019.

References

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Spang A, Saw JH, Jørgensen SL, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Martijn J, Lind AE, van Eijk R, Schleper C, Guy L, Ettema TJG. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature 2015; 521:173-179. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14447 [PubMed].