Name: Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. delta, the letter d (indeclinable); N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Deltabacteria, name proposed to formalize the customary designation as δ-proteobacteria (not formed from a genus name)

Gender: neuter

Type order: Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfuromonadia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Desulfofervidia" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Deferrisomatia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfomonilia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bradymonadia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfarculia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Syntrophorhabdia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Polyangia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Dissulfuribacteria Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Syntrophia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfobaccia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfurellia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Myxococcia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfobulbia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Polyangiia corrig. Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this class to the subdivision "Thiobacteria" 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this class to the subphylum "Thiobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the genus Bdellovibrio Stolp and Starr 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the genus Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988 to this class. 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 order of this class has been placed in the class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Class IV. Deltaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922.
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Class IV. Deltaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 Irregularly formed name (not formed from the stem of the name of the nomenclatural type). Rejected Name (Judicial Commission, Opinion 79 suppl.; IJSEM 64: 3599–3602). Publication: Tindall BJ. Names at the rank of class, subclass and order, their typification and current status: Supplementary information to Opinion 79. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3599-3602.
  • 🧍 Deltabacteria was previously known as "Deltabacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1992. — Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 is an earlier homotypic synonym of Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Class IV. Deltaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 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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