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

Correct name: Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021

• Synonyms:

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

• 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 in some sources as: "Thermotcgae".
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

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