Etymology:
A.ci.di.thi.o.ba.cil’li.a. N.L. masc. n.Acidithiobacillus, type genus of the order Acidithiobacillales, the type order of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n.Acidithiobacillia, the class of the order Acidithiobacillales
Valid publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🧕 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned this class to the phylum "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996.Publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
🧒 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned the family Acidithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005 to this class.Publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
🧒 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned the family Thermithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005 to this class.Publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
🧒 Williams and Kelly (2013) assigned the genus Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000 to this class.Publication:
Williams KP, Kelly DP. Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2901-2906.
🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Chromatiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 14; ATCC: 9; JCM: 5; KCTC: 2; CIP: 2; NCIMB: 2; NBRC: 1.
🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Acidithiobacillales Garrity et al. 2005 based on new Rule 22.Publication:
Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 1