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Phylum "Aquificae"
Name: "Aquificae" Reysenbach 2001
Etymology: A.qui.fi’cae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Aquificales, type order of the phylum; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ae, ending sometimes inaccurately used for class or phylum names; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aquificae, the phylum of Aquificales (sic)
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwi-FI-ka͡e, feminine
Type order: Aquificales Reysenbach 2002
Original publication: Reysenbach AL. Phylum BI. Aquificae phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 359-367. 🇺🇸
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Aquificota Reysenbach 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Aquificota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published Thermosulfidibacterota Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Aquificota Reysenbach 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Thermosulfidibacterota" Montecillo 2024 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Aquithermota" Cavalier-Smith 2020 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Aquificaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Emendations:
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Gupta and Lali 2013
Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368.
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Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 19. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:8-10.
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Gupta and Lali 2013
Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368.
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Notes:
- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Reysenbach AL. Phylum BI. Aquificae phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 359-367. 🇺🇸
- 🧕 Luketa (2012) assigned this phylum to the kingdom "Aquificida" Luketa 2012. Publication: Luketa S. New views on the megaclassification of life. Protistology 2012; 7:218-237. 🇷🇸
- 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Aquificia corrig. Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Aquificae 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. 359-367. 🇺🇸
- 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984 to this phylum. Publication: Reysenbach AL. Phylum BI. Aquificae phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 359-367. 🇺🇸
- 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Desulfurobacterium L'Haridon et al. 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Reysenbach AL. Phylum BI. Aquificae phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 359-367. 🇺🇸
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🧒 Gupta and Lali (2013) assigned the class Aquificae Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum.
Publication:
Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368. 🇨🇦
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aquijicae"; "Aqulficae".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
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🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129.
Publication:
Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
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Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
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