Name: Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.to’gae. N.L. fem. n. Thermotoga, type genus of the type order of the class; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermotogae, the class of Thermotogales (nominative plural of Thermotoga)

Gender: feminine

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Thermotogia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Thermotogaeota" 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 "Thermotogota" 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this class to the phylum "Thermotogae" Reysenbach 2001. 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Thermotcgae".
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 59; JCM: 22; ATCC: 14; NBRC: 13; VKM: 3; CIP: 3; MCCC: 2; KCTC: 2; CCUG: 1; CBS: 1.
  • Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002 might have been considered as a later homotypic synonym of Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. However, Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 is not in accordance with the rules of the ICNP. — In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 369-387". Publication: 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.

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 under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesoaciditogales Itoh et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021

Assigned by: 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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