Order Dongiales

Name: Dongiales Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: order, ord. nov.

Etymology: Dong.i.a’les. N.L. fem. n. Dongia, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dongiales, order of the genus Dongia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: don͡g-i-A-les, feminine

Type genus: Dongia Liu et al. 2010

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: synonym

Correct name: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oceanibaculales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Azospirillales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Defluviicoccales" Fieschi-Meric 2022	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thalassobaculales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Reyranellales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kiloniellales Wiese et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tistrellales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Diaforabacterales" Degli Esposti et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Elsterales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acetobacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geminicoccales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Zavarziniales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the family Dongiaceae Koziaeva et al. 2023 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Dongia Liu et al. 2010 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. 🇦🇺
  • ❗ Dongiales is the correct name instead if this order is regarded as a separate order (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another order whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸

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