Name: "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-so-sp^ha͡e-ra͡e-O-ta, neuter

Type class: Nitrososphaeria Stieglmeier et al. 2014

Original publication: Oren A, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, Whitman WB. Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4284-4287. 🇮🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermoproteobacteria" Shetty et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺
  • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008. Publication: Stieglmeier M, Klingl A, Alves RJ, Rittmann SK, Melcher M, Leisch N, Schleper C. Nitrososphaera viennensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from soil and a member of the archaeal phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2738-2752. 🇦🇹
  • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet 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 Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 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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