Name: Limnochordales Watanabe et al. 2015

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Lim.no.chor.da’les. N.L. fem. n. Limnochorda, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Limnochordales, order of the genus Limnochorda

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lim-no-k^hor-DA-les, feminine

Type genus: Limnochorda Watanabe et al. 2015

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Limnochorda pilosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic bacterium and proposal of Limnochordaceae fam. nov., Limnochordales ord. nov. and Limnochordia classis nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2378-2384. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Karnachuk et al. (2024) assigned the family Geochordaceae Karnachuk et al. 2025 to this order. Publication: Karnachuk OV, Lukina AP, Avakyan MR, Kadnikov VV, Begmatov S, Beletsky AV, Vlasova KG, Novikov AA, Shcherbakova VA, Mardanov AV, et al. Novel thermophilic genera Geochorda gen. nov. and Carboxydochorda gen. nov. from the deep terrestrial subsurface reveal the ecophysiological diversity in the class Limnochordia. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024; 15:0. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Watanabe et al. (2015) assigned the genus Limnochorda Watanabe et al. 2015 to this order. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Limnochorda pilosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic bacterium and proposal of Limnochordaceae fam. nov., Limnochordales ord. nov. and Limnochordia classis nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2378-2384. 🇯🇵
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 4; JCM: 4; NBRC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Allogeochordaceae Kostovski and Oren 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geochordaceae Karnachuk et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Limnochordaceae Watanabe et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Limnochordia Watanabe et al. 2015

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Limnochorda pilosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic bacterium and proposal of Limnochordaceae fam. nov., Limnochordales ord. nov. and Limnochordia classis nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2378-2384. 🇯🇵

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