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Lokiarchaeum

Genus of archaea

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Taxonomy

"Ca. Lokiarchaeum" was described in 2015 and was assigned to the phylum "Lokiarchaeota". In 2017, "Lokiarchaeota" was assigned to the superphylum "Asgard", as well as other phyla. Later, the superphylum "Asgard" was de-ranked to the phylum "Asgardarchaeota". In 2023, the species "Ca. Lokiarchaeum ossiferum" was described. In 2024, "Asgardarchaeota" was renamed to Promethearchaeota. In 2025, the unclassified species GC14_75 was pro-validly published as a type species "Ca. Lokiarchaeum primum" in Candidatus List No. 7, with the authority "Spang et al. 2015".

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