Name: "Igneococcales" Burggraf et al. 1997

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: I.gne.o.coc.ca’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Igneococcales, the order of the genus Igneococcus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: i-n͡gne-o-kok-KA-les, feminine

Type genus: "Igneococcus" Burggraf et al. 1997

Original publication: Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002

Parent taxon: Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002

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. — 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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Record number: 736
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