Name: Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermoproteales, type order of the class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermoprotei, the class of Thermoproteales

Gender: neuter

Type order: Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Conexivisphaeria Kato et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    "Thermoprotea" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published, rejected name

• Notes:
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acidilobales Prokofeva et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002	validly published	correct name
    Fervidicoccales Perevalova et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Sulfolobales Stetter 1989	validly published	correct name
    Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AI. Crenarchaeota phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 169-210.

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