Name: Desulfitibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fi.ti.bac.te.ra’les. N.L. masc. n. Desulfitibacter, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfitibacterales, order of the genus Desulfitibacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fi-ti-bak-te-RA-les, feminine

Type genus: Desulfitibacter Nielsen et al. 2006

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
    Moorellales Lv et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Neomoorellales Gtari and Ventura 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Desulfitibacter Nielsen et al. 2006 to this order. 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 22; JCM: 8; ATCC: 8; VKM: 6; CCOS: 2; CGMCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfitibacteraceae Lv et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Moorellaceae Lv et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Neomoorellaceae Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridia Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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