Name: "Chlorobi" Iino et al. 2010

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type order: "Chlorobiales" Garrity and Holt 2001

Original publication: Iino T, Mori K, Uchino Y, Nakagawa T, Harayama S, Suzuki K. Ignavibacterium album gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from microbial mats at a terrestrial hot spring and proposal of Ignavibacteria classis nov., for a novel lineage at the periphery of green sulfur bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1376-1382.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chlorobi" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Ignavibacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chlorobiota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Ignavibacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chlorobaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Ignavibacteriae" Podosokorskaya et al. 2013	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

• Notes:
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 The neo-Latin noun "Chlorobi" cannot be a neo-Latin feminine plural noun as cited in the paper by Iino et al. 2010. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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