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Order Desulfitibacterales
Name: Desulfitibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024
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, 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. 
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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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Neomoorellales Gtari and Ventura 2025 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name Moorellales Lv et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
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Notes:
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🧒 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; ATCC: 8; JCM: 8; VKM: 6; CGMCC: 2; CCOS: 2.
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🧒 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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Parent taxon: Clostridia Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 43666
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