Name: "Gemmatimonadia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Gem.ma.ti.mo.na’di.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Gemmatimonadia, the Gemmatimonadales class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gem-ma-ti-mo-NA-di-a, neuter

Type order: Gemmatimonadales Zhang et al. 2003

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gemmatimonadia corrig. Zhang et al. 2003

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Longimicrobia Pascual et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Longimicrobiia corrig. Pascual et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Gemmatimonadetes Zhang et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Gemmatimonadia corrig. Zhang et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subphylum "Gemmatimonadetes" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has 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. 🇯🇵
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion, which discussed its formation. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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