Name: Nitrospiria Garrity and Holt 2022

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.spi’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Nitrospira, type genus of the type order of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Nitrospiria, the class of the order Nitrospirales

Pronunciation, gender: ni-tro-SPI-ri-a, neuter

Type genus: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

Valid publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5799.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptospirillia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Nitrospiria" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrospira" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrospiria" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Göker (2022) assigned the genus Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986 to this class. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Garrity and Holt) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Göker).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; ATCC: 4; NCIMB: 3; LMG: 2; VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Nitrospirales Garrity and Holt 2022 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leptospirillales Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Nitrospirales" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published	synonym
    Nitrospirales Garrity and Holt 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospirota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 34875