Name: "Leptospiria" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Leptospiria, the Leptospirales class

Gender: neuter

Type order: Leptospirales Gupta et al. 2014

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Spirochaetia Paster 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published, rejected name
    Spirochaetia Paster 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    "Spirochaetia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Spirochaetae" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • The type order of this class has been placed in the class Spirochaetia Paster 2020. Publication: 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.
  • The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phyum. Frontiers Microbiol 4, 217 [erratum]. Frontiers Microbiol 2013; 4:322.

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