Name: Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.so.sphae.ro’ta. N.L. fem. n. Nitrososphaera, type genus of the phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Nitrososphaerota, the Nitrososphaera phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Nitrososphaera Stieglmeier et al. 2014

Valid publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • The authority of the taxon name (Brochier Armanet et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 9; NCIMB: 6; ATCC: 6; DSM: 4; KCTC: 3; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitrososphaeria Stieglmeier et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Nitrososphaerota, not assigned to class]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis

Parent taxon: "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 25916