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Phylum "Alphaproteobacteriota"
Name: "Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018
Etymology: Al.pha.pro.te.o.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Alphaproteobacteriota, the phylum of the class Alphaproteobacteria
Pronunciation, gender: al-pha-pro-te-o-bak-te-ri-O-ta, neuter
Type class: Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
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: Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Bdellovibrionota" Waite et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Campylobacterota" Waite et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Epsilonbacteraeota" Waite et al. 2017 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Alphaproteobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021.
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 class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸
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🚋 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021.
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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🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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.
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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: 3706
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