Name: Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.coc’ci.a N.L. masc. n. Myxococcus, type genus of the type order of the class; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Myxococcia, the class of the order Myxococcales

Gender: neuter

Type order: Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Syntrophia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfomonilia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfobaccia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Syntrophorhabdia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deferrisomatia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Dissulfuribacteria Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfobacteria Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Polyangia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfarculia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfuromonadia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfurellia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Myxococcia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Desulfofervidia" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the subphylum "Rhodobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subclass "Myxococcidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subclass "Geobacteridae" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subclass "Oligoflexidae" to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned the order Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • The type order of this class has been placed in the class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Class IV. Deltaproteobacteria 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 C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922.
  • Myxococcia is the correct name if this class is regarded as a separate class.

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