Name: Magnetococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Ma.gne.to.coc’ci.a. N.L. masc. n. Magnetococcus, type genus of the class; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Magnetococcia, class of the genus Magnetococcus [incorrectly formed: genus should have been the type]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ma-n͡gne-to-KOK-ki-a, neuter

Type genus: Magnetococcus Bazylinski et al. 2013

Effective publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Zetaproteobacteria" Makita et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Mariprofundia" corrig. Emerson et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Caulobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Zetaproteobacteria" Emerson et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Mariprofundia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Anoxyphotobacteria (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Magnetococcus Bazylinski et al. 2013 to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order Magnetococcales Bazylinski et al. 2013 to this class. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • ❗ Magnetococcia is the correct name instead if this class is regarded as a separate class (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another class whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadota Garrity 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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