Name: "Candidatus Thermofontia" corrig. Ward et al. 2018

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ther.mo.fon’ti.a. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermofontia, organisms from hot springs [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-FON-ti-a, neuter

Effective publication: Ward LM, Hemp J, Shih PM, McGlynn SE, Fischer WW. Evolution of Phototrophy in the Chloroflexi Phylum Driven by Horizontal Gene Transfer. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:260. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Thermofonsia" Ward et al. 2018	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ward et al. (2018) assigned this class to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Ward LM, Hemp J, Shih PM, McGlynn SE, Fischer WW. Evolution of Phototrophy in the Chloroflexi Phylum Driven by Horizontal Gene Transfer. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:260. 🇺🇸
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Phototrophicales" Zheng et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 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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Record number: 14035