Name: "Moorellia" Sorokin et al. 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Moo.rel’li.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Moorellia, the Moorella class

Pronunciation, gender: moo-REL-li-a, neuter

Type genus: Moorella Collins et al. 1994

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abin CA, Hollibaugh JT. Desulfuribacillia class. nov. In: Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-2. 🇳🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridia Rainey 2010

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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Record number: 67160
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