Phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota

Name: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.de.sul.fo.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Thermodesulfobacterium, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermodesulfobacteriota, the Thermodesulfobacterium phylum

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

Type genus: Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995

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
"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
"Thermodesulfobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
- 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
- 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995 to this phylum. 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 name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermosulfobacteriota".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Garrity and Holt) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 427; ATCC: 162; JCM: 160; VKM: 69; NBRC: 33; MCCC: 29; KCTC: 26; NCIMB: 24; UNIQEM: 19; CIP: 12.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 22

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Candidatus Anaeroferrophilia" corrig. Murphy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Anaeroferrophillialia" Murphy et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
"Candidatus Anaeropigmentatia" corrig. Murphy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Anaeropigmentia" Murphy et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Deferrisomatia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Desulfarculia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Desulfobaccia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Desulfobulbia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Desulfocorpusculia" Slobodkina et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
"Candidatus Desulfofervidia" Waite et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
Desulfomonilia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Desulfuromonadia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Dissulfuribacteria Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Syntrophia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Syntrophorhabdia Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Thermodesulfobacteria Hatchikian et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Thermodesulfobacteriia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	not validly published	synonym
[Thermodesulfobacteriota, not assigned to class]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
"Candidatus Zymogenia" Murphy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: 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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Phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota