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Phylum "Chlorobi"

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati "Chlorobi"

Name: "Chlorobi" Garrity and Holt 2001

Category, proposed as: phylum, phyl. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro’bi. N.L. neut. n. Chlorobium, genus of the phylum, dropping ending to denote a phylum; N.L. masc. pl. n. Chlorobi, phylum of the genus Chlorobium (inaccurate nominative plural)

Gender: masculine

Type class: "Chlorobia" Garrity and Holt 2001

Original publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BXI. Chlorobi phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 601-623. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Battistuzzi and Hedges (2009) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Hydrobacteria" Battistuzzi and Hedges 2009. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Hedges SB. A major clade of prokaryotes with ancient adaptations to life on land. Mol Biol Evol 2009; 26:335-343. 🇺🇸
    • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BXI. Chlorobi phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 601-623. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class "Chlorobia" Garrity and Holt 2001 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BXI. Chlorobi phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 601-623. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class "Chlorobiia" corrig. Garrity and Holt 2001 to this phylum. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BXI. Chlorobi phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 601-623. 🇺🇸
    • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Chlorobiota Iino 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 "Chlorobiota" Whitman et al. 2018. 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. 🇺🇸
    • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Chlorobiota Iino 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 e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 🧍 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.

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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