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Class Oligosphaeria
Name: Oligosphaeria Qiu et al. 2013
Etymology: O.li.go.sphae’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Oligosphaera, 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. Oligosphaeria, class of the order Oligosphaerales
Pronunciation, gender: o-li-go-SPHA͡E-ri-a, neuter
Type genus: Oligosphaera Qiu et al. 2013
Valid publication:
Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the infraphylum "Opitutae" Cavalier-Smith 2020.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
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🧕 Qiu et al. (2013) assigned this class to the phylum "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004.
Publication:
Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539.
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🧒 Qiu et al. (2013) assigned the genus Oligosphaera Qiu et al. 2013 to this class.
Publication:
Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CGMCC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Oligosphaerales Qiu et al. 2013 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.
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the infraphylum "Opitutae" Cavalier-Smith 2020.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Oligosphaerales Qiu et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021
Assigned by:
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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