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Phylum "Bdellovibrionota"
Name: "Bdellovibrionota" Waite et al. 2020
Etymology: Bdel.lo.vi.bri.o.no’ta. N.L. masc. n. Bdellovibrio, type genus of the type class of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Bdellovibrionota, the phylum of the class Bdellovibrionia
Pronunciation, gender: bdel-lo-wi-bri-o-NO-ta, neuter
Type class: Bdellovibrionia Waite et al. 2020
Original publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 
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" Gray and Herwig 1996 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 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 "Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Epsilonbacteraeota" Waite et al. 2017 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Alphaproteobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the class Bdellovibrionia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum.
Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the class Bacteriovoracia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum.
Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the class Oligoflexia Nakai et al. 2014 to this phylum.
Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
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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.
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🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129.
Publication:
Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.
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🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the class Bdellovibrionia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum.
Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
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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Record number: 15188
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