Name: Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermotogales, type order of the class; N.L. pl. n. Thermotogae, the class of Thermotogales

Type order: Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002

Effective publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermotogae 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. 369-387.

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
    Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published, rejected name

• Emendations:
  • Bhandari and Gupta 2014 Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 orders in the class.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kosmotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014	validly published	correct name
    Mesoaciditogales Itoh et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Petrotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014	validly published	correct name
    Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: "Thermotogae" Reysenbach 2001

Assigned by: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermotogae 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. 369-387.

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