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Phylum "Thermodesulfobacteriota"
Name: "Thermodesulfobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018
Etymology: Ther.mo.de.sul.fo.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermodesulfobacteriota, the phylum of the class Thermodesulfobacteria
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ther-mo-de-sul-fo-bak-te-ri-O-ta, neuter
Type class: Thermodesulfobacteria Hatchikian et al. 2002
Original publication:
Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021
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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 "Thermodesulfobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🛺 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. 🇺🇸
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🚃 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. 🇳🇿
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🚋 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).
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🛺 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.
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.
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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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Record number: 9020
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