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)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-MO-to-ga͡e, 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 Reysenbach 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermotogota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Thermotogaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Synthermota" Cavalier-Smith 2020	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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Itoh et al. (2016) assigned the order Mesoaciditogales Itoh et al. 2016 to this phylum. Publication: Itoh T, Onishi M, Kato S, Iino T, Sakamoto M, Kudo T, Takashina T, Ohkuma M. Athalassotoga saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an acidic terrestrial hot spring, and proposal of Mesoaciditogales ord. nov. and Mesoaciditogaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Thermotogae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1045-1051. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 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.

Parent taxon: Thermotogati Battistuzzi and Hedges 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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