Name: "Candidatus Anaeroferrophilia" corrig. Murphy et al. 2021

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: An.a.e.ro.fer.ro.phi’li.a. N.L. masc. n. Anaeroferrophilus, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Anaeroferrophilia, the Anaeroferrophilus class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-a-e-ro-fer-ro-P^HI-li-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Anaeroferrophilus" corrig. Murphy et al. 2021

Effective publication: Murphy CL, Biggerstaff J, Eichhorn A, Ewing E, Shahan R, Soriano D, Stewart S, VanMol K, Walker R, Walters P, et al. Genomic characterization of three novel Desulfobacterota classes expand the metabolic and phylogenetic diversity of the phylum. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4326-4343. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Anaeroferrophillialia" Murphy et al. 2021	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Murphy et al. (2021) assigned this class to the phylum "Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Murphy CL, Biggerstaff J, Eichhorn A, Ewing E, Shahan R, Soriano D, Stewart S, VanMol K, Walker R, Walters P, et al. Genomic characterization of three novel Desulfobacterota classes expand the metabolic and phylogenetic diversity of the phylum. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4326-4343. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Anaeroferrophilales Murphy et al. 2021 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Anaeroferrophilales" corrig. Murphy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Anaeroferrophiliales" Murphy et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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