Class Syntrophobacteria

Name: Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: class, class. nov.

Etymology: Syn.tro.pho.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. masc. n. Syntrophobacter, type genus of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Syntrophobacteria, the class of the genus Syntrophobacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: syn-tro-p^ho-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type genus: Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984 to this class. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 20; ATCC: 5; JCM: 3; CGMCC: 2; UNIQEM: 2; CIP: 2; KCTC: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 See also Diaz et al. (2003). Publication: Diaz E, Amils R, Sanz JL. Molecular ecology of anaerobic granular sludge grown at different conditions. Water Sci Technol 2003; 48:57-64. 🇪🇸

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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