Name: "Candidatus Sericytochromatia" Soo et al. 2017

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Se.ri.cy.to.chro.ma’tia. L. adv. sero, late or too late; N.L. n. cytochrome; from Gr. neut. n. kytos, a vessel or container (and in biology a cell); from Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Sericytochromatia, intended to mean cytochromes that were acquired late or later in evolution

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Soo RM, Hemp J, Parks DH, Fischer WW, Hugenholtz P. On the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration in Cyanobacteria. Science 2017; 355:1436-1440.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Melainabacteria" Di Rienzi et al. 2013. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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Record number: 10020