IRMNG - Chloroflexi

IRMNG name details

Chloroflexi

IRMNG_ID

146 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:146)

Classification

Authority

Garrity & Holt, 2002 emend. Hugenholtz & Stackebrandt, 2004

Status

unaccepted (phylum renamed)

Accepted name

Chloroflexota

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Bacteria

Synonymised names

Thermomicrobia · unaccepted (no longer accepted at phylum...)

no longer accepted at phylum level, now class

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Same name formerly used at both phylum and class levels; latter now = Chloroflexia.

Taxonomic remark Same name formerly used at both phylum and class levels; latter now = Chloroflexia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Chloroflexi. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2018-12-07 04:47:11Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2018-12-08 03:23:48Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-08-16 06:11:02Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (5)
Notes (1)

additional source Parte, A. C. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), July 2018 version. , available online at http://www.bacterio.net [details]

additional source Hugenholtz, P.; Stackebrandt, E. (2004). Reclassification of Sphaerobacter thermophilus from the subclass Sphaerobacteridae in the phylum Actinobacteria to the class Thermomicrobia (emended description) in the phylum Chloroflexi (emended description). <em>International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.</em> 54(6): 2049-2051., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.03028-0
note: emendation of phylum [details]

taxonomy source Parte, A. C. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), July 2018 version. , available online at http://www.bacterio.net [details]

current name source Parte, A. C. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), July 2018 version. , available online at http://www.bacterio.net [details]

extant flag source Parte, A. C. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), July 2018 version. , available online at http://www.bacterio.net [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Same name formerly used at both phylum and class levels; latter now = Chloroflexia. [details]