Class Chitinophagia
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Chitinophagia Munoz et al. 2017, class. nov.
Nomenclatural type: ¤ Chitinophagales Munoz et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Chitinophaga, type genus of the type order Chitinophagales; suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Chitinophagia, the class of Chitinophagales.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 1-3.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: MUNOZ, R., ROSSELLO-MORA, R. and AMANN, R. 2016. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 39, 281-296.
Effective publication Online