Class Gemmatimonadetes

Name: Gemmatimonadetes Zhang et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: class, class. nov.

Etymology: Gem.ma.ti.mo.na’de.tes. N.L. fem. n. Gemmatimonas, type genus of the type order of the class; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gemmatimonadetes, class of the genus Gemmatimonas (sic)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gem-ma-ti-mo-NA-de-tes, feminine

Type genus: Gemmatimonas Zhang et al. 2003

Valid publication: Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Gemmatimonadia corrig. Zhang et al. 2003

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Gemmatimonadia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Longimicrobia Pascual et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Longimicrobiia corrig. Pascual et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Gemmatimonadia corrig. Zhang et al. 2003	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Gemmatimonadaeota" Oren et al. 2015. Publication: Oren A, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, Whitman WB. Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4284-4287. 🇮🇱
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Gemmatimonadota" Whitman et al. 2018. Publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this class to the phylum Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🧕 Zhang et al. (2003) assigned this class to the phylum "Gemmatimonadetes" Zhang et al. 2003. Publication: Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163. 🇯🇵
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Gemmatimonadia corrig. Zhang et al. 2003. Publication: Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gammatimonadetes"; "Gematimonadetes"; "Gemmanimonadetes"; "Gemmatimonbacteria"; "Gemmatimondaetes"; "Gemmatimonodetes"; "Gemmatinadetes"; "Gemmatinomadetes"; "Gemmatiomadetes"; "Gemmatiomonadetes"; "Gennatimonadetes"; "Germmatimonadetes".
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Gemmatimonadales Zhang et al. 2003 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. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱

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