Etymology:Ther.mo.mi.cro.bi.o’ta.N.L. neut. n.Thermomicrobium, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n.Thermomicrobiota, the Thermomicrobium phylum
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
🧕 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. 🇩🇪
🧕 Mori et al. (2026) assigned this phylum to the kingdom Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024.Publication:
Mori K, Hidaka K, Tamazawa S, Hosoyama A, Tamaki H, Kakegawa T, Hanada S. Caldifarcimen microaerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium of a novel bacterial phylum, Caldifarciminota phyl. nov., formerly called candidate phylum WOR-3, description of Caldifarciminaceae fam. nov., Caldifarciminales ord. nov. and Caldifarciminia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7229. 🇯🇵
🧕 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 Thermomicrobium Jackson et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980) 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: 6; ATCC: 5; CGMCC: 1; KCCM: 1; ICMP: 1; UNIQEM: 1; KCTC: 1.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 1