Vallitalea alkaniphila (Schouw et al. 2016) Postec et al. 2017 Vallitalea alkaniphila (Schouw et al. 2016) Postec et al. 2017 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Bacillota corrig. Gibbons and Murray 2021 Firmacutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Clostridia Rainey 2010 Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) Vallitaleaceae Quéméneur et al. 2019 Vallitalea Lakhal et al. 2013 emend. Sun et al. 2019 Vallitalea alkaniphila (Schouw et al. 2016) Postec et al. 2017 Vallitalea Lakhal et al. 2013 emend. Sun et al. 2019 Vallitalea guaymasensis Lakhal et al. 2013 Vallitalea pronyensis Ben Aissa et al. 2014 Vallitalea okinawensis Sun et al. 2019 Vallitalea alkaniphila (Schouw et al. 2016) Postec et al. 2017 Abyssivirga alkaniphila Schouw et al. 2016 Schouw A. Eide T.L. Stokke R. Pedersen R.B. Steen I.H. Bødtker G. Abyssivirga alkaniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading, anaerobic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system, and emended descriptions of Natranaerovirga pectinivora and Natranaerovirga hydrolytica 2016 66 4 1724 1734 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.000934 26822139 Postec A. Ollivier B. Fardeau M.-L. Objection to the proposition of the novel genus Abyssivirga 2017 67 1 174 174 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.001601 27902224 Abyssivirga alkaniphila Schouw et al. 2016 Postec A. Ollivier B. Fardeau M.-L. Objection to the proposition of the novel genus Abyssivirga 2017 67 1 174 174 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.001601 27902224 TODO (garrity): The authors (rid.18130 paper in press) disagree with the proposal of Abyssivirga Schouw et al. 2016 (validly published), as a novel genus due to phylogenetic considerations. They also propose moving Abyssivirga alkaniphila (type species) to Vallitalea (validly published). This cannot be done because Abyssivirga will be left childless.