Name: Leptospiria Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.spi’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Leptospira, type genus of the order class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Leptospiria, class of the order Leptospirales

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirochaetia Paster 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brevinematia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Brachyspiria Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Leptospiria" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Spirochaetia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Spirochaetia Paster 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order Leptospirales Gupta et al. 2014 to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order Turneriellales Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • ❗ Leptospiria 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).

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