Name: "Dethiobacteria" Sorokin and Merkel 2022

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: De.thi’o.bac.ter.i.a. N.L. masc. n. Dethiobacter, type genus of the type order of the class Dethiobacterales; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Dethiobacteria, class of the order Dethiobacterales

Gender: neuter

Type order: "Dethiobacterales" Sorokin and Merkel 2022

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Trujillo ME, Dedysh S, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Kämpfer P, Rainey FA, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridia Rainey 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfitobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermodesulfobiia" Frolov et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermosediminibacteria Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clostridia Rainey 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Desulfotomaculia" Watanabe et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfitisporia Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Symbiobacteriia" Wang et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermincolia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfotomaculia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Natranaerobiia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermaerobacteria Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Symbiobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Tissierellia" Alauzet et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Natranaerobiia" Sorokin et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Clostridiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Sulfobacillia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Syntrophomonadia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2022) assigned the family "Dethiobacteraceae" Sorokin and Merkel 2022 to this class. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Trujillo ME, Dedysh S, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Kämpfer P, Rainey FA, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3.
  • 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2022) assigned the genus "Candidatus Contubernalis" Zhilina et al. 2005 to this class. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Trujillo ME, Dedysh S, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Kämpfer P, Rainey FA, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3.
  • 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2022) assigned the genus Dethiobacter Sorokin et al. 2008 to this class. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Trujillo ME, Dedysh S, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Kämpfer P, Rainey FA, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3.
  • 🧒 Sorokin and Merkel (2022) assigned the order "Dethiobacterales" Sorokin and Merkel 2022 to this class. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Trujillo ME, Dedysh S, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Kämpfer P, Rainey FA, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3.
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Clostridia Rainey 2010. Publication: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.

Parent taxon: Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 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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