Order Aquificales
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Aquificales Reysenbach 2002, ord. nov. (Type order of the class ¤ Aquificae Reysenbach 2002).
Type genus: ¤ Aquifex Huber and Stetter1992.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Aquifex, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aquificales, the Aquifex order.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 85. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 685-690.
Effective publication: REYSENBACH (A.L.): Order I. Aquificales ord. nov. In: D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ and G.M. GARRITY (editors): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 359.
Validation List no. 85 in IJSEM Online
Note: In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 359-367".
→ Aquificales Reysenbach 2002 emend. L'Haridon et al. 2006.
Type genus: ¤ Aquifex Huber and Stetter1992.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Aquifex, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aquificales, the Aquifex order.
Reference: L'HARIDON (S.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHÖNHEIT (P.), BANTA (A.), JOHNSEN (U.), SCHUMANN (P.), GAMBACORTA (A.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and JEANTHON (C.): Desulfurobacterium atlanticum sp. nov., Desulfurobacterium pacificum sp. nov. and Thermovibrio guaymasensis sp. nov., three thermophilic members of the Desulfurobacteriaceae fam. nov., a deep branching lineage within the Bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2843-2852.
Original article in IJSEM Online
