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Phylum "Thermomicrobia"
Name: "Thermomicrobia" Garrity and Holt 2001
Etymology: Ther.mo.mi.cro’bi.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermomicrobiales, type order of the phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermomicrobia, the phylum of Thermomicrobiales (nominative plural of Thermomicrobium)
Type order: Thermomicrobiales Garrity and Holt 2002
Original publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BVII. Thermomicrobia phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 447-450.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Thermomicrobiota Garrity and Holt 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Thermomicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Thermomicrobaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published Thermomicrobiota Garrity and Holt 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BVII. Thermomicrobia phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 447-450.
- 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Thermomicrobia Garrity and Holt 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Class I. Thermomicrobia class. 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. 447-450.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Themomicrobia"; "Thennomicrobia"; "Theromomicrobia".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
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🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129.
Publication:
Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
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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: 908
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