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Phylum "Aquificota"
Name: "Aquificota" Whitman et al. 2018
Etymology: A.qui.fi.co’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Aquificota, the phylum of the class Aquificae
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwi-fi-KO-ta, neuter
Type class: Aquificae Reysenbach 2002
Original publication:
Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 
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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 "Aquificae" Reysenbach 2001 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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Notes:
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🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Aquificota Reysenbach 2021.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
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🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Aquificae" Reysenbach 2001.
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 lacks a discernible description (protologue).
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🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Aquificota Reysenbach 2021.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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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Record number: 7686
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