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Class "Candidatus Sericytochromatia"
Name: "Candidatus Sericytochromatia" Soo et al. 2017
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
Pronunciation, gender: se-ri-ky-to-khro-MA-tia, 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
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 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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🧕 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.
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Record number: 10020
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