Name: Sphaerochaetales Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ro.chae.ta’les. N.L. fem. n. Sphaerochaeta, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sphaerochaetales, order of the genus Sphaerochaeta

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^ha͡e-ro-k^ha͡e-TA-les, feminine

Type genus: Sphaerochaeta Ritalahti et al. 2012

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: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Winmispirales Podosokorskaya et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Borreliales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Treponematales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the family Sphaerochaetaceae Hördt et al. 2020 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 Sphaerochaeta Ritalahti et al. 2012 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. 🇦🇺
  • ❗ Sphaerochaetales 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: Spirochaetia Paster 2020

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. — Paster BJ. Class I. Spirochaetia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, et al. (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes, vol. 4, 2nd ed., Springer, New York, 2010, p. 471-563. 🇺🇸

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