Name: Desulfarculia Waite et al. 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: De.sulf.ar.cu’li.a. N.L. masc. dim. n. Desulfarculus, type genus of the type order of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Desulfarculia, the class of the order Desulfarculales

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Desulfarculus Kuever et al. 2006

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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	heterotypic 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
    Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006	heterotypic 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	heterotypic 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:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Desulfobacterota" 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.
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus Desulfarculus Kuever et al. 2006 to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the order Desulfarculales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006 to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Adiutricales" Waite et al. 2020 to this class. 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.
  • ❗ Desulfarculia is the correct name instead if this class is regarded as a separate class (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another class whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Desulfarculales Kuever et al. 2006 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: 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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