Etymology:N.L. masc. n.Thermoflexus, type genus of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n.Thermoflexia, the class of the order Thermoflexales
Valid publication:
Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Cavalier-Smith 2020
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the class. — ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 orders in the class.
🧍 As of 2020-11-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
Notes:
🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the subphylum "Caldilineotia" Cavalier-Smith 2020.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
🧕 Dodsworth et al. (2014) assigned this class to the phylum "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001.Publication:
Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127.
🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the genus Ardenticatena Kawaichi et al. 2013 to this class.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the genus Thermoflexus Dodsworth et al. 2014 to this class.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the order Ardenticatenales Kawaichi et al. 2013 to this class.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
🧒 Dodsworth et al. (2014) assigned the genus Thermoflexus Dodsworth et al. 2014 to this class.Publication:
Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1.
🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Thermoflexales Dodsworth et al. 2014 based on new Rule 22.Publication:
Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 1