Name: "Thermoplasmatota" Rinke et al. 2021

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.plas.ma.to’ta. N.L. neut. n. Thermoplasma, a generic name providing the stem of the name of the type class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermoplasmatota, the phylum of the Thermoplasmata class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-plas-ma-TO-ta, neuter

Type class: Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002

Original publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermoplasmatota Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halobacteriota" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Poseidoniia" Rinke et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2021) assigned the class Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959. 🇦🇺
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023. Publication: Göker M, Oren A. Valid publication of four additional phylum names. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota 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. 211-355. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermosplasmatota".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Thermoplasmatota" Rinke et al. 2019.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) 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. — Göker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇩🇪

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