Name: Chloroflexi Gupta et al. 2013

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type genus: Chloroflexus Pierson and Castenholz 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Chander P, George S. Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:99-119.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Chloroflexia corrig. Gupta et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Chloroflexia corrig. Gupta et al. 2013	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Chloroflexia corrig. Gupta et al. 2013. Publication: Gupta RS, Chander P, George S. Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:99-119.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chioroflexi"; "Chlmoflexi"; "Chlorofexi"; "Chlorofltxi"; "Cholroflexi"; "Choroflexi"; "Chroloflexi"; "Cloroflexi".
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Chloroflexales Gupta et al. 2013 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.

Parent taxon: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: 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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