Phylum "Thermodesulfobacteraeota"

Name: "Thermodesulfobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-de-sul-fo-bak-te-ra͡e-O-ta, neuter

Type class: Thermodesulfobacteria Hatchikian et al. 2002

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: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Thermodesulfobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Desulfovibriota" Soltysova et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
"Desulfovibrionota" corrig. Soltysova et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Deferrisomatota" Murphy et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Thermodesulfobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 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 "Thermodesulfobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BIII. Thermodesulfobacteria phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 389-393. 🇺🇸
- 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
- 🚋 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 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).

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 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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