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Thermoprotei
Reysenbach 2002
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Thermoproteota (Phylum)
..Bathyarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Cenoporarchaeum (Candidatus)
..Geothermarchaeales (Candidate order)
..Gigantothauma (Candidatus)
..Korarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Methanomethylicia (Candidate class)
..Methanosuratincolia (Class)
..Nitrosocaldales (Candidate order)
..Nitrosodeserticola (Candidatus)
..Nitrososphaeria (Class)
..Tardisphaeria (Class)
..Thermoprotei (Class)
....Acidilobales (Order)
....Desulfurococcales (Order)
....Fervidicoccales (Order)
....Sulfolobales (Order)
....Thermoproteales (Order)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Thermoproteati
-
(Phylum)
Thermoproteota
Original position
Crenarchaeota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Original entries
Desulfurococcales
(Order)
Huber and Stetter 2002
Current position
Thermoproteota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2021
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [22 Nov 2025]; LPSN[22 Nov 2025].
Alternative positions
Crenarchaeota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Ref:
J.P. Euzéby, 2016
: [31 Aug 2017].
Historical positions
Crenarchaeota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Ref:
J.P. Euzéby, 2016
: [31 Aug 2017].
Crenarchaeota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Ref:
M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b
: table 2 (p. 2).
Crenarchaeota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Ref:
G.M. Garrity et al., 2007
: 6.
Prokaryota
([unranked])
Ref:
2002
: 687.
[validated name]
Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
5o;7f;42g;60s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 8 Dec 2025
[5o;7f;42g]
2016
J.P. Euzéby
: [1 Sep 2017]
[6o;9f;29g]
2015b
M.A. Ruggiero et al.
: table 2 (p. 2)
[5o]
2007
G.M. Garrity et al.
[4o;6f;26g;51s]
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026