Name: "Bacillia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Bacillia, the Bacillales class

Gender: neuter

Type order: Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alicyclobacillia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Firmibacteria Murray 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Candidatus Izemoplasma" Zheng et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published
    Teichobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Izemoplasmatia" corrig. Zheng et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    Desulfuribacillia Sorokin et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Endobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1998) 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the subkingdom "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the genus Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subclass "Bacillidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subclass "Erysipelotrichiidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subclass "Erysipelotrichidae" corrig. Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195.
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

Parent taxon: Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 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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