Class Thermoprotei
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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002, class. nov.
Type order: ¤ Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982.
Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermoproteales, type order of the class; N.L. masc. pl. n. Thermoprotei, the class of Thermoproteales.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 85. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 685-690.
Effective publication: REYSENBACH (A.L.): Class I. Thermoprotei class. 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. 169.
Validation List no. 85 in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002 is a later homotypic synonym of ¤ Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002.
2 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 169-210".
