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

Gender: 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
    "Candidatus Altarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Halobacteriota Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Altarchaeota" corrig. Seitz et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halobacteriota" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Altiarchaeota" Seitz et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of four additional phylum names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6024.
  • 🚃 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 a homonym of "Candidatus Thermoplasmatota" Rinke et al. 2019.

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Record number: 1092