Name: "Zetaproteobacteria" Makita et al. 2017

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Ze.ta.pro.te.o.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. neut. n. zêta, name of sixth letter of Greek alphabet (indeclinable); 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. Zetaproteobacteria, a class of Proteobacteria (name not formed from name of nomenclatural type)

Pronunciation, gender: ze-ta-pro-te-o-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: "Mariprofundales" Makita et al. 2017

Original publication: Makita H, Tanaka E, Mitsunobu S, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Uematsu K, Takaki Y, Nishi S, Shimamura S, Takai K. Mariprofundus micogutta sp. nov., a novel iron-oxidizing zetaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Bayonnaise knoll of the Izu-Ogasawara arc, and a description of Mariprofundales ord. nov. and Zetaproteobacteria classis nov. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:335-346. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Zetaproteobacteria" Emerson et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Caulobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Mariprofundia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Anoxyphotobacteria (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Magnetococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Mariprofundia" corrig. Emerson et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this class to the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🧒 Makita et al. (2017) assigned the family "Mariprofundaceae" Emerson et al. 2007 to this class. Publication: Makita H, Tanaka E, Mitsunobu S, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Uematsu K, Takaki Y, Nishi S, Shimamura S, Takai K. Mariprofundus micogutta sp. nov., a novel iron-oxidizing zetaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Bayonnaise knoll of the Izu-Ogasawara arc, and a description of Mariprofundales ord. nov. and Zetaproteobacteria classis nov. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:335-346. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 Makita et al. (2017) assigned the order "Mariprofundales" Makita et al. 2017 to this class. Publication: Makita H, Tanaka E, Mitsunobu S, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Uematsu K, Takaki Y, Nishi S, Shimamura S, Takai K. Mariprofundus micogutta sp. nov., a novel iron-oxidizing zetaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Bayonnaise knoll of the Izu-Ogasawara arc, and a description of Mariprofundales ord. nov. and Zetaproteobacteria classis nov. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:335-346. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 Mori et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Ghiorsea" Mori et al. 2017 to this class. Publication: Mori JF, Scott JJ, Hager KW, Moyer CL, Kusel K, Emerson D. Physiological and ecological implications of an iron- or hydrogen-oxidizing member of the Zetaproteobacteria, Ghiorsea bivora, gen. nov., sp. nov. ISME J 2017; 11:2624-2636. 🇺🇸
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Candidatus Mariprofundia" corrig. Emerson et al. 2007. 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Zetaproteoabacteria"; "Zetaproteoobacteria"; "Zetaprotobacteria". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Zetaproteobacterium".

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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