Phylum Actinomycetota

Name: Actinomycetota Goodfellow 2021

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.my.ce.to’ta. N.L. masc. n. Actinomyces, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Actinomycetota, the Actinomyces phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

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.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Actinobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Actinobacteria" (ex Margulis 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Actinobacteria" Goodfellow 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997 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.
- Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980) 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.
- Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the order "Candidatus Hakubanellales" Merino et al. 2020 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.
- The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow 2012. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
- The authority of the taxon name (Goodfellow) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4870; JCM: 4005; NBRC: 2607; ATCC: 2185; NRRL: 2077; IFO: 1692; KCTC: 1334; VKM: 1127; CGMCC: 1053; CIP: 1034.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 10

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Acidimicrobiia Norris 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Actinomycetes Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
[Actinomycetota, not assigned to class]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
"Candidatus Aquicultoria" Jiao et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Coriobacteriia König 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Geothermincolia" Jiao et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
"Candidatus Humimicrobiia" Jiao et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Nitriliruptoria Ludwig et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Thermoleophilia Suzuki and Whitman 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990

Assigned by: 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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