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Phylum "Deferribacteres"

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati "Deferribacteres"

Name: "Deferribacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001

Category, proposed as: phylum, phyl. nov.

Etymology: De.fer.ri.bac.te’res. N.L. fem. pl. n. Deferribacterales, type order of the phylum, dropping ending to denote a phylum; N.L. masc. pl. n. Deferribacteres, the phylum of Deferribacterales (nominative plural of Deferribacter)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-fer-ri-bak-TE-res, masculine

Type class: Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002

Original publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BIX. Deferribacteres phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 465-471. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021

  • Emendations:
    • Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009 Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BIX. Deferribacteres phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 465-471. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Class I. Deferribacteres class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 465-471. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Jumas-Bilak et al. (2009) assigned the genus Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997 to this phylum. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
    • 🧒 Jumas-Bilak et al. (2009) assigned the genus Denitrovibrio Myhr and Torsvik 2000 to this phylum. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
    • 🧒 Jumas-Bilak et al. (2009) assigned the genus Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000 to this phylum. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
    • 🧒 Jumas-Bilak et al. (2009) assigned the genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000 to this phylum. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
    • 🧒 Jumas-Bilak et al. (2009) assigned the genus Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005 to this phylum. Publication: Jumas-Bilak E, Roudiere L, Marchandin H. Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1028-1035. 🇫🇷
    • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Deferribacterota 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 Deferribacterota 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: "Deferribacteresthe"; "Deferrobacteres"; "Defferibacteres"; "Defferribacteres".
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (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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