Name: "Thermotogae" Reysenbach 2001

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.to’gae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermotogales, type order of the phylum; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermotogae, the phylum of Thermotogales (nominative plural of Thermotoga)

Gender: feminine

Type order: Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002

Original publication: Reysenbach AL. Phylum BII. Thermotogae 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. 369-387.

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: Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermotogota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Synthermota" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Thermotogaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Bhandari and Gupta 2014 Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Reysenbach AL. Phylum BII. Thermotogae 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. 369-387.
  • 🧕 Luketa (2012) assigned this phylum to the kingdom "Thermotogida" Luketa 2012. Publication: Luketa S. New views on the megaclassification of life. Protistology 2012; 7:218-237.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermotogae 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. 369-387.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermatogae"; "Thermotcgae".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧍 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.

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