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Phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota
Name: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021
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: ther-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. 
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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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "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 "Thermodesulfobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Thermodesulfobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Thermodesulfobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 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. 🇩🇪
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🧕 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. 🇮🇱
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🧒 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. 🇮🇱
- ✏ 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: 423; ATCC: 162; JCM: 154; VKM: 67; NBRC: 33; MCCC: 26; KCTC: 25; NCIMB: 24; UNIQEM: 19; CIP: 12.
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🧕 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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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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Record number: 25893
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