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 order class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermosulfidibacteria, class of the order Thermosulfidibacterales

Gender: 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: synonym

Correct name: Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfurobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Epsilobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Aquificae Reysenbach 2002	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Thermosulfidibacteria" Montecillo 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Aquificia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this class to the phylum Thermosulfidibacterota Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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.
  • 🧕 Montecillo (2024) assigned this class to the phylum Thermosulfidibacterota Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Montecillo JAV. Genomics of the Thermophilic Bacterium Thermosulfidibacter takaii Reveals Novel Lineage of Deep-Branching Bacterial Phylum. Indian J Microbiol 2024; 64:762-772.
  • 🧒 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.
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order Thermosulfidibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024 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.
  • 🧒 Montecillo (2024) assigned the order Thermosulfidibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this class. Publication: Montecillo JAV. Genomics of the Thermophilic Bacterium Thermosulfidibacter takaii Reveals Novel Lineage of Deep-Branching Bacterial Phylum. Indian J Microbiol 2024; 64:762-772.
  • 🚃 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.
  • ❗ Thermosulfidibacteria is the correct name instead if this class is regarded as a separate class (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another class whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Aquificota Reysenbach 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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