Name: "Candidatus Entotheonellota" Johnson and Hug 2019
Category, proposed as: phylum, Candidatus
Etymology:En.to.the.o.nel.lo’ta.N.L. fem. dim. n.Entotheonella, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n.Entotheonellota, the Candidatus Entotheonella phylum
Original publication:
Johnson LA, Hug LA. Distribution of reactive oxygen species defense mechanisms across domain bacteria. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 140:93-102. 🇨🇦
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status:
not pro-validly published
heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Tectimicrobiota" corrig. Wilson et al. 2014.Publication:
Wilson MC, Mori T, Ruckert C, Uria AR, Helf MJ, Takada K, Gernert C, Steffens UA, Heycke N, Schmitt S, et al. An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire. Nature 2014; 506:58-62. 🇨🇭
🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.