Name: "Bacillota" Whitman et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ba.cil.lo’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Bacillota, the phylum of the class Bacilli

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-kil-LO-ta, neuter

Type class: Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010

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. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiota" corrig. Alsufyani 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermodesulfobiota Frolov et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Endobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1998) Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Clostridiota" Misery et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiaeota" Alsufyani 2018	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Hao et al. (2020) assigned the family "Pelotomaculaceae" Hao et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Hao L, Michaelsen TY, Singleton CM, Dottorini G, Kirkegaard RH, Albertsen M, Nielsen PH, Dueholm MS. Novel syntrophic bacteria in full-scale anaerobic digesters revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. ISME J 2020; 14:906-918. 🇩🇰
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Soleaferrea" Pfleiderer et al. 2013 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Alterileibacterium" Boxberger et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chivian et al. 2008 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Desulfopertinax" Jungbluth et al. 2017 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 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 Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bacilliota".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Bacillati (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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