Name: Verrucomicrobiia corrig. Hedlund et al. 1998

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiia, the Verrucomicrobiales class

Gender: neuter

Type order: Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Effective publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Verrucomicrobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the infraphylum "Opitutae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Venucomicrobia"; "Verrucumicrobia"; "Verruromicrobia".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 26; DSM: 16; NBRC: 11; ATCC: 6; MCCC: 5; CIP: 4; LMG: 3; JCM: 3; CCUG: 2; CCM: 2.
  • Spelling corrected in Opinion 128. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021

Assigned by: 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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