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Order "Candidatus Desulfofervidales"
Name: "Candidatus Desulfofervidales" Waite et al. 2020
Etymology: De.sul.fo.fer.vi.da’les. N.L. masc. n. Desulfofervidus, type genus of the type order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfofervidales, the order of the genus Desulfofervidus
Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-fer-wi-DA-les, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Desulfofervidus" Krukenberg et al. 2016
Pro-valid publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Desulfofervidus" Krukenberg et al. 2016 to this order.
Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfofervidiales".
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Desulfofervidus" Krukenberg et al. 2016 to this order.
Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Desulfofervidaceae" Krukenberg et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Desulfofervidia" Waite et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
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Record number: 17431
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