Name: "Aquificia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.fi’ci.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Aquificia, the Aquificales class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwi-FI-ki-a, neuter

Type order: Aquificales Reysenbach 2002

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermosulfidibacteria" Montecillo 2024	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfurobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Epsilobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Aquificae Reysenbach 2002	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Thermosulfidibacteria Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Aquificales ord. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 359-367. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Aquificales ord. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 359-367. 🇺🇸
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion, which discussed its formation. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Aquificota Reysenbach 2021

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱

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