Name: Proteobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1988

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, Greek god of the sea, capable of assuming many different shapes; N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Proteobacteria, protean group of bacteria of diverse properties despite a common ancestry (not formed from a genus name)

Gender: neuter

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Murray RGE, Trüper HG. Proteobacteria classis nov., a name for the phylogenetic taxon that includes the "purple bacteria and their relatives". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:321-325.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: not in use

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Amoebacteria"; "Jroleobacteria"; "Jroteobacteria"; "Pateobacteria"; "Pmteobacteria"; "Poteobacteria"; "Preoteobacteria"; "Preotobacteria"; "Proeteobacteria"; "Proetobacteria"; "Profeobacferia"; "Profeobacteria"; "Proleobacteria"; "Proreobacteria"; "Protebacteria"; "Protecbacteria"; "Protecobacteria"; "Proteinbacteria"; "Protenbacteria"; "Proteoabcteria"; "Proteobacleiia"; "Proteobacleria"; "Proteobacreria"; "Proteobacte"; "Proteobacteiia"; "Proteobactena"; "Proteobacteriae"; "Proteobacteriota"; "Proteobactma"; "Proteobuctena"; "Proteoobacteria"; "Proteoteobacteria"; "Proterobacteria"; "Protevbacteria"; "Prothbacteria"; "Protobacteria"; "Protrobacteria"; "Prottabacteria"; "Prottobacteria"; "Prouabacteria"; "Prouobacteria"; "Pvoteobacteria"; "Teobacteria". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Proteobacter"; "Proteobacterium".
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 🧍 Rejected name (Opinion 128). No type order designated. Also used at other rank. Nomen dubium et ambiguum (Rule 56a). Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 15, 22 and 27(3), the class Proteobacteria is illegitimate because it was proposed without the designation of a nomenclatural type. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:725-727.

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