Name: Opitutales Choo et al. 2007

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: O.pi.tu.ta’les. N.L. masc. n. Opitutus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Opitutales, the order of the genus Opitutus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Opitutus Chin et al. 2001

Valid publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Opitutia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the infraphylum "Opitutae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Choo et al. (2007) assigned the genus Opitutus Chin et al. 2001 to this order. Publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.
  • 🧒 Hitch et al. (2024) assigned the family "Intestinicryptomonaceae" Hitch et al. 2024 to this order. Publication: Hitch TCA, Wylensek D, Bisdorf K, Buhl EM, Treichel N, Abt B, Overmann J, Clavel T. Harmonious naming across nomenclature codes exemplified by the description of bacterial isolates from the mammalian gut. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126543.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Optiutales".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 13; ATCC: 6; KCTC: 3; JCM: 3; NRRL: 3; NCIMB: 2; BCRC: 2; NBRC: 2; CIP: 2; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alterococcaceae Min et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Intestinicryptomonaceae" Hitch et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Intestinicryptomonadaceae" corrig. Hitch et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Opitutales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis

Parent taxon: Opitutia corrig. Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

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