Name: "Deinococcus-Thermus" Weisburg et al. 1989

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: De.i.no.coc.cus.ther’mus. N.L. masc. adj. thermus, hot; N.L. masc. n. Deinococcusthermus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-i-no-kok-kus-T^HER-mus, masculine

Type class: Deinococci Garrity and Holt 2002

Original publication: Weisburg WG, Giovannoni SJ, Woese CR. The Deinococcus-Thermus phylum and the effect of rRNA composition on phylogenetic tree construction. Syst Appl Microbiol 1989; 11:128-134.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Deinococcota Weisburg et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deinococcota Weisburg et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Deinococcota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Deinococcaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Hadobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Terrabacteria" Battistuzzi et al. 2004. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. 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. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Luketa (2012) assigned this phylum to the kingdom Terrabacterida Luketa 2012. Publication: Luketa S. New views on the megaclassification of life. Protistology 2012; 7:218-237. 🇷🇸
  • 🧒 Weisburg et al. (1989) assigned the class "Deinococci" to this phylum. Publication: Weisburg WG, Giovannoni SJ, Woese CR. The Deinococcus-Thermus phylum and the effect of rRNA composition on phylogenetic tree construction. Syst Appl Microbiol 1989; 11:128-134.
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Deinococcota Weisburg et al. 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🚋 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Deinococcota Weisburg et al. 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 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: Thermotogati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024

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. — 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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