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Phylum "Chlorobi"
Name: "Chlorobi" Garrity and Holt 2001
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)
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Chlorobi" Iino et al. 2010 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Ignavibacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Ignavibacteriota Podosokorskaya et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Chlorobiota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Ignavibacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Ignavibacteriae" Podosokorskaya et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Chlorobaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
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🛺 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.
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🚃 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.
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🚃 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.
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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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🧕 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.
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
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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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