Name: "Candidatus Dormibacteria" Montgomery et al. 2021

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Dor.mi.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. masc. n. Dormibacter, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Dormibacteria, the Dormibacter class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: dor-mi-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Dormibacter" Ji et al. 2017

Effective publication: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Freese et al. (2025) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Dormibacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017. Publication: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Dormibacterales Montgomery et al. 2021 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. 🇮🇱

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aeolococcales" Montgomery et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Dormibacterales" Montgomery et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Dormiibacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017

Assigned by: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 🇦🇺

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