Name: Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Desulfurococcus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfurococcales, the Desulfurococcus order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Effective publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. 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. 179-197.

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
    "Igneococcales" Burggraf et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Niederberger et al. (2006) assigned the genus Ignisphaera Niederberger et al. 2006 to this order. Publication: Niederberger TD, Gotz DK, McDonald IR, Ronimus RS, Morgan HW. Ignisphaera aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote isolated from hot springs in Rotorua and Tokaanu, New Zealand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:965-971.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Desulfolococcales"; "Desulforococcales"; "Drsulfurococcales".
  • 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: 26; JCM: 20; ATCC: 11; VKM: 4; NBRC: 4.
  • In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 179-197". 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Desulfurococcales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermoprotei 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. 169-210.

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