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); N.L. masc. n. Mariprofundus, type genus of the family (Emerson et al. 2007); N.L. fem. pl. n. Mariprofundaceae, the type family (sic) of the type order of the class (Moreira et al. 2014); N.L. neut. pl. n. Zetaproteobacteria, the class of the order Mariprofundales (sic) (name not formed from name of nomenclatural type)

Gender: 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
    "Mariprofundia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Magnetococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Caulobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Mariprofundia" corrig. Emerson et al. 2007	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
    Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 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".

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Record number: 42893