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Phylum "Chlorobiota"
Name: "Chlorobiota" Whitman et al. 2018
Etymology: Chlo.ro.bi.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Chlorobiota, the phylum of the class Chlorobia
Type class: "Chlorobia" Whitman et al. 2018
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: 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 "Chlorobi" Garrity and Holt 2001 homotypic synonym, not validly published Ignavibacteriota Podosokorskaya et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Ignavibacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Ignavibacteriae" Podosokorskaya et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Ignavibacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Chlorobaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧒 Whitman et al. (2018) assigned the class "Chlorobia" Garrity and Holt 2001 to this phylum.
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 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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🧒 Whitman et al. (2018) assigned the class "Chlorobia" Garrity and Holt 2001 to this phylum.
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.
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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Record number: 9001
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