Name: "Dehalococcoidetes" Hugenholtz and Stackebrandt 2004

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. pl. n. Dehalococcoidetes, the Dehalococcoides class (inaccurate nominative plural of Dehalococcoides)

Gender: masculine

Type genus: "Dehalococcoides" Maymo-Gatell et al. 1997

Original publication: Hugenholtz P, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Sphaerobacter thermophilus from the subclass Sphaerobacteridae in the phylum Actinobacteria to the class Thermomicrobia (emended description) in the phylum Chloroflexi (emended description). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2049-2051. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Dehalococcoidia Löffler et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dehalococcoidia Löffler et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, 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 Dehalococcoidia Löffler et al. 2013. Publication: Loffler FE, Yan J, Ritalahti KM, Adrian L, Edwards EA, Konstantinidis KT, Muller JA, Fullerton H, Zinder SH, Spormann AM. Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:625-635. 🇺🇸
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 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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