Name: Thermosulfidibacteria Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.sul.fi.di.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. masc. n. Thermosulfidibacter, type genus of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermosulfidibacteria, class of the genus Thermosulfidibacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-sul-fi-di-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type genus: Thermosulfidibacter Nunoura et al. 2008

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermosulfidibacteria" Montecillo 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Thermosulfidibacter Nunoura et al. 2008 to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermosulfidibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermosulfidibacterales" Montecillo 2024	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Thermosulfidibacterota Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

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