Name: Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Cyanobacterium, the type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Cyanobacteriota, the Cyanobacterium phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Cyanobacterium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022

Valid publication: Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5736.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧕 Oren et al. (2022) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528.
  • 🧒 Oren et al. (2022) assigned the class "Candidatus Melainabacteria" Soo et al. 2014 to this phylum. Publication: Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cyanobacterota".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 78; SP: 71; BRY: 69; PCC: 60; CCALA: 60; BRNM: 56; FCME: 40; UC: 31; SAG: 31; US: 30.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chamaesiphonophyceae Starmach 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Chamaesiphonophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    "Chroococcophyceae" Wartenberg 1972	not validly published	synonym
    "Chroococcophyceae" Starmach 1966	not validly published	synonym
    Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Chroococcophyceae" Proshkina-Lavrenko and Makarova 1968	not validly published	synonym
    Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	synonym
    Cyanophyceae Bennett and Murray 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    Hormogoneae Cavalier-Smith 2002	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name, later homonym	synonym
    Nostocophyceae Christensen 1978	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Oxyphotobacteria (ex Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    "Pleurocapsophyceae" Starmach 1966	not validly published	synonym
    "Prochlorophyceae" Lewin 1977	not validly published	synonym
    Vampirovibrionia Chuvochina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Vampirovibrionophyceae corrig. Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Vampirovibriophyceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: 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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