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Phylum "Rhodothermaeota"
Name: "Rhodothermaeota" Munoz et al. 2016
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Rhodothermus, type genus of the type class of the phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -aeota, provisional ending to denote a phylum, now replaced by -ota; N.L. neut. pl. n. Rhodothermaeota, the phylum of the class Rhodothermia
Type class: Rhodothermia Munoz et al. 2017
Original publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Rhodothermota Munoz et al. 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhodothermota Munoz et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Rhodothermota" Garcia-Lopez et al. 2019 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Emendations:
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Hahnke et al. 2016
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
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Hahnke et al. 2016
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
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Notes:
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🧕 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
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🧒 Amoozegar et al. (2017) assigned the family Soortiaceae Amoozegar et al. 2017 to this phylum.
Publication:
Amoozegar MA, Khansha J, Mehrshad M, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Ramezani M, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Soortia roseihalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon in the order Balneolales isolated from a travertine spring, and description of Soortiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:113-120.
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🧒 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned the class Balneolia Munoz et al. 2017 to this phylum.
Publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
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🧒 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned the class Rhodothermia Munoz et al. 2017 to this phylum.
Publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
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🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Rhodothermota Munoz 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.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the open meeting, 10 July 2019, Glasgow, UK. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5966.
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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.
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🧕 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
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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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