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Phylum Acidobacteriota
Name: Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021
Etymology: A.ci.do.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Acidobacterium, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Acidobacteriota, the Acidobacterium phylum
Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-do-bak-te-ri-O-ta, neuter
Type genus: Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991
Valid publication:
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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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Acidobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Candidatus Aminicenantota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Acidobacteria" Thrash and Coates 2010 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Candidatus Aminicenantes" Rinke et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Acidobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024.
Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
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🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
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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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class "Acidobacteriia" Thrash and Coates 2010 to this phylum.
Publication:
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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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this phylum.
Publication:
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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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class "Guanabacteria" to this phylum.
Publication:
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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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991 to this phylum.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acdobacteriota"; "Acidiobacteriota"; "Acidobaceriota"; "Acidobacteriodota"; "Acidobateriota"; "Acinobacteriota".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Thrash and Coates) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 62; LMG: 26; NBRC: 16; JCM: 13; ATCC: 12; VKM: 11; GDMCC: 10; KCTC: 10; MCCC: 7; HAMBI: 6.
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🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024.
Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 11
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 validly published under the ICNP, rejected name synonym "Acidobacteriae" Oren et al. 2015 not validly published synonym "Acidobacteriia" Thrash and Coates 2010 not validly published synonym [Acidobacteriota, not assigned to class] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis "Candidatus Aminicenantia" Chuvochina et al. 2023 not validly published preferred name Blastocatellia Pascual et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Holophagae Fukunaga et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Candidatus Polarisedimenticolia" Flieder et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name Terriglobia Thrash and Coates 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Thermoanaerobaculia Dedysh and Yilmaz 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Vicinamibacteria Dedysh and Yilmaz 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 25885
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