Name: "Candidatus Desulfofervidia" Waite et al. 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: De.sul.fo.fer.vi’di.a. N.L. masc. n. Desulfofervidus, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Desulfofervidia, the Candidatus Desulfofervidales class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-fer-WI-di-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Desulfofervidus" Krukenberg et al. 2016

Pro-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. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 28486
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