Name: "Chloroflexota" Whitman et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hlo-ro-fle-XO-ta, neuter

Type class: Chloroflexia corrig. Gupta et al. 2013

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: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chlorobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroflexaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 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 "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Gupta RS, Chander P, George S. Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:99-119. 🇨🇦
  • 🚋 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chlorofexota"; "Chloroflexiota"; "Choloroflexota".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Bacillati (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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