Lokiarchaeum

"Candidatus Lokiarchaeum"
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Promethearchaeati
Phylum: Promethearchaeota
Class: Promethearchaeia
Order: Promethearchaeales
Family: Promethearchaeaceae
Genus:
"Ca. Lokiarchaeum"

corrig. Spang et al. 2015
Type species
"Ca. Lokiarchaeum primum"
Spang et al. 2015
Other species

"Ca. Lokiarchaeum ossiferum" Rodrigues-Oliveira et al. 2023

Synonyms

"Ca. Lokiarchaeon" Sousa et al. 2016

"Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" is the first discovered genus of Promethearchaeati, the kingdom from which eukaryotes emerged. It belongs to the family Promethearchaeaceae and contains the species "Ca. Lokiarchaeum primum" and "Ca. Lokiarchaeum ossiferum".

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