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Phylum "Acidobacteriota"
Name: "Acidobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018
Etymology: A.ci.do.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Acidobacteriota, the phylum of the class Acidobacteriae
Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-do-bak-te-ri-O-ta, neuter
Type class: "Acidobacteriae" Oren et al. 2015
Original publication:
Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "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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🧒 Dedysh and Yilmaz (2018) assigned the genus "Candidatus Aminicenans" Rinke et al. 2013 to this phylum.
Publication:
Dedysh SN, Yilmaz P. Refining the taxonomic structure of the phylum Acidobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3796-3806. 🇷🇺
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🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Sulfuritelmatobacter" corrig. Hausmann et al. 2018 to this phylum.
Publication:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Korobacter" corrig. Ward et al. 2009 to this phylum.
Publication:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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🧒 Whitman et al. (2018) assigned the class "Acidobacteriae" Oren et al. 2015 to this phylum.
Publication:
Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸
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🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021.
Publication:
Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acdobacteriota"; "Acidiobacteriota"; "Acidobaceriota"; "Acidobacteriodota"; "Acidobateriota"; "Acinobacteriota".
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🧒 Dedysh and Yilmaz (2018) assigned the genus "Candidatus Aminicenans" Rinke et al. 2013 to this phylum.
Publication:
Dedysh SN, Yilmaz P. Refining the taxonomic structure of the phylum Acidobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3796-3806.
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
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. —
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: 8283
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