Name: "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow 2012

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray, beam; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Actinobacteria, actinomycete bacteria with diverse morphologies

Gender: neuter

Type order: Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Goodfellow M. Phylum XXVI. Actinobacteria phyl. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 5, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 33-34.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Actinomycetota Goodfellow 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomycetota Goodfellow 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Actinobacteria" (ex Margulis 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Actinobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Actinobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this phylum to the subkingdom "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Goodfellow M. Phylum XXVI. Actinobacteria phyl. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 5, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 33-34.
  • Luketa (2012) assigned this phylum to the kingdom "Terrabacterida" Luketa 2012. Publication: Luketa S. New views on the megaclassification of life. Protistology 2012; 7:218-237.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Acidimicrobia" to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Actinobacteriia" to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Feng et al. (2020) assigned the order Motilibacterales Salam et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Feng YZ, Chunyu WX, Liang R, Hahnke RL, Schumann P, Zhao YR, Gao S, Yin M, Ji Y, Sun L, et al. Vallicoccus soli gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from soil, and description of Vallicoccaceae fam. nov., Motilibacterales ord. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:2155-2165.
  • Ghai et al. (2013) assigned the order "Candidatus Actinomarinales" Ghai et al. 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Ghai R, Mizuno CM, Picazo A, Camacho A, Rodriguez-Valera F. Metagenomics uncovers a new group of low GC and ultra-small marine Actinobacteria. Sci Rep 2013; 3:2471.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997 to this phylum. Publication: Goodfellow M. Phylum XXVI. Actinobacteria phyl. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 5, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 33-34.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned the class Acidimicrobiia Norris 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Norris PR. Class II. Acidimicrobiia class. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 1968.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned the class Coriobacteriia König 2013 to this phylum. Publication: König H. Class III. Coriobacteriia class nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 1975.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned the class Nitriliruptoria Ludwig et al. 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Class IV. Nitriliruptoria class nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 2000-2001.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned the class Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Suzuki K-i. Class V. Rubrobacteria class. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 2004-2005.
  • Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned the class Thermoleophilia Suzuki and Whitman 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Suzuki K-i, Whitman WB. Class VI. Thermoleophilia class. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 2010.
  • Merino et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Hakubellales" corrig. Merino et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Merino N, Kawai M, Boyd ES, Colman DR, McGlynn SE, Nealson KH, Kurokawa K, Hongoh Y. Single-Cell Genomics of Novel Actinobacteria With the Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway Discovered in a Serpentinizing System. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1031.
  • Neuenschwander et al. (2018) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanopelagicales" Neuenschwander et al. 2018 to this phylum. Publication: Neuenschwander SM, Ghai R, Pernthaler J, Salcher MM. Microdiversification in genome-streamlined ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria. ISME J 2018; 12:185-198.
  • Strassert et al. (2012) assigned the genus "Candidatus Ancillula" Strassert et al. 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Strassert JF, Kohler T, Wienemann TH, Ikeda-Ohtsubo W, Faivre N, Franckenberg S, Plarre R, Radek R, Brune A. 'Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae', a novel lineage of endosymbiotic Actinobacteria in termite gut flagellates of the genus Trichonympha. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:3259-3270.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acfinobacteria"; "Acinobacteria"; "Acitinobacteria"; "Aclinobacteria"; "Acnitobacteria"; "Acnnobacteria"; "Acrimbacteria"; "Actenobacteria"; "Actiizobacteria"; "Actinbacteria"; "Actinibacteria"; "Actinobacteiia"; "Actinobactrria"; "Actinobacttria"; "Actinohacteria"; "Actinombacteria"; "Actionbacteria"; "Actionobacteria"; "Actnobacteria"; "Adinobacteria"; "Antinobacteria".

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