Name: "Myxococcia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.coc’ci.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Myxococcia, the Myxococcales class

Pronunciation, gender: my-kso-KOK-ki-a, neuter

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

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: Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Kuafubacteriia" corrig. Li et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    Polyangiia corrig. Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bradymonadia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Desulfurellia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Kuafubacteria" Li et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published
    Polyangia Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🛺 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, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively 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, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922. 🇺🇸
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Hahnke RL, Muller R, Whitworth D, Wink J, Garcia R. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: subcommittee on the taxonomy of Myxobacteria (Myxococcota). Minutes of the closed online meeting, 21 September 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5846. 🇩🇪
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

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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