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Phylum "Candidatus Aminicenantota"
Name: "Candidatus Aminicenantota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013
Etymology: A.mi.ni.ce.nan.to’ta. N.L. masc. n. Aminicenans, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Aminicenantota, the Candidatus Aminicenans phylum
Pronunciation, gender: a-mi-ni-ke-nan-TO-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Aminicenans" Rinke et al. 2013
Effective publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Candidatus list no. 5. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Acidobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Acidobacteria" Thrash and Coates 2010 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Candidatus Aminicenantes" Rinke et al. 2013 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling "Acidobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
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🧒 Kadnikov et al. (2019) assigned the family "Candidatus Saccharicenantaceae" Kadnikov et al. 2019 to this phylum.
Publication:
Kadnikov VV, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV. Genome of the candidate phylum Aminicenantes bacterium from a deep subsurface thermal aquifer revealed its fermentative saccharolytic lifestyle. Extremophiles 2019; 23:189-200. 🇷🇺
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🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Aminicenans" Rinke et al. 2013 to this phylum.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Acidobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018.
Publication:
Dedysh SN, Yilmaz P. Refining the taxonomic structure of the phylum Acidobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3796-3806. 🇷🇺
- ❗ "Candidatus Aminicenantota" is the pro-correct name instead if this phylum is regarded as a separate phylum (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another phylum whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
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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