Name: Thermodesulfobiota Frolov et al. 2023

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.de.sul.fo.bi.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Thermodesulfobium, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermodesulfobiota, the phylum of the genus Thermodesulfobium

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-de-sul-fo-bi-O-ta, neuter

Type genus: Thermodesulfobium Mori et al. 2004

Effective publication: Frolov EN, Lebedinsky AV, Elcheninov AG, Kublanov IV. Taxonomic proposal for a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: transfer of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae to Thermodesulfobiales ord. nov., Thermodesulfobiia classis nov. and Thermodesulfobiota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126388. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Desulfotomaculota" Watanabe et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiota" corrig. Alsufyani 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Endobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1998) Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bacillota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Clostridiota" Misery et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiaeota" Alsufyani 2018	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the kingdom Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Frolov et al. (2023) assigned the class Thermodesulfobiia Frolov et al. 2023 to this phylum. Publication: Frolov EN, Lebedinsky AV, Elcheninov AG, Kublanov IV. Taxonomic proposal for a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: transfer of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae to Thermodesulfobiales ord. nov., Thermodesulfobiia classis nov. and Thermodesulfobiota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126388. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Frolov et al. (2023) assigned the genus Thermodesulfobium Mori et al. 2004 to this phylum. Publication: Frolov EN, Lebedinsky AV, Elcheninov AG, Kublanov IV. Taxonomic proposal for a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: transfer of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae to Thermodesulfobiales ord. nov., Thermodesulfobiia classis nov. and Thermodesulfobiota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126388. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Frolov et al. (2023) assigned the order Thermodesulfobiales Frolov et al. 2023 to this phylum. Publication: Frolov EN, Lebedinsky AV, Elcheninov AG, Kublanov IV. Taxonomic proposal for a deep branching bacterial phylogenetic lineage: transfer of the family Thermodesulfobiaceae to Thermodesulfobiales ord. nov., Thermodesulfobiia classis nov. and Thermodesulfobiota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126388. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermdesulvobiota"; "Thermodesulofibiota"; "Thermodesulofobiota".
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Names but not taxa can be validly published. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Thermodesulfobiota is the correct name instead if this phylum is regarded as a separate phylum (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another phylum whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Bacillati (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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