Class "Thermoprotea"

Name: "Thermoprotea" Oren et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: class, class. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.pro.te.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermoprotea, the Thermoproteales class

Gender: neuter

Type order: Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982

Original publication: Oren A, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, Whitman WB. Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4284-4287. 🇮🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Thermoproteia" Oren et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015. Publication: Oren A, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, Whitman WB. Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4284-4287. 🇮🇱
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018. Publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Whitman et al. (2018) assigned this class to the phylum "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018. Publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermoprotei class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 169-210. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermoprotei class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 169-210. 🇺🇸
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published (informal proposal for replacement name). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 The authors did not explicitly assign a nomenclatural type but since the name was proposed as replacement for Thermoprotei this LPSN entry is based on the assumption that the nomenclatural type was supposed to be the same. It should be noted that Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002 was rejected in the supplementary information to Judicial Opinion No. 79 but Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002 was not. Publication: Tindall BJ. Names at the rank of class, subclass and order, their typification and current status: Supplementary information to Opinion 79. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3599-3602. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 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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