Name: Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. [γάμμα] gamma, name of the third letter of Greek alphabet; Gr. masc. n. [Πρωτεύς] Prôteus, Greek god of the sea, capable of assuming many different shapes; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. neut. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Gammaproteobacteria, a class of bacteria included in the phylum Proteobacteria and having 16S rRNA gene sequences related to those of the members of the order Pseudomonadales
Type order: Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Chromatiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 20
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Acidiferrobacterales Kojima et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Aeromonadales Martin-Carnahan and Joseph 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alteromonadales Bowman and McMeekin 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Arenicellales Teramoto et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Cardiobacteriales Garrity et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Cellvibrionales Spring et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Chromatiales Imhoff 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
[Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to order] | artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis | |
Immundisolibacterales Corteselli et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Lysobacterales Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Methylococcales Bowman 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Nevskiales Naushad et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Orbales Kwong and Moran 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Pasteurellales Garrity et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | in need of a replacement |
"Vibrionales" Garrity and Holt 2001 | not validly published |
Parent taxon: "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
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