Name: "Thermoproteota" Whitman et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.pro.te.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermoproteota, the phylum of the class Thermoprotea

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-pro-te-O-ta, neuter

Type class: "Thermoprotea" Oren et al. 2015

Original publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermoproteobacteria" Shetty et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Nitrososphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Ludwig and Klenk 2001	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Methanomethylicota" corrig. Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" Jungbluth et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Nitrososphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Thermoproteaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrososphaerota Brochier-Armanet et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Caldarchaeum" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 to this phylum. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Whitman et al. (2018) assigned the class "Thermoprotea" Oren et al. 2015 to this phylum. Publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermoprotaeota".

Parent taxon: Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 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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