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Phylum "Gemmatimonadetes"
Name: "Gemmatimonadetes" Zhang et al. 2003
Etymology: Gem.ma.ti.mo.na.det’es. N.L. fem. n. Gemmatimonas, type genus of the type order of the phylum; N.L. fem. pl. n. monadetes, inaccurately nominative plural of monas; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gemmatimonadetes, phylum of the genus Gemmatimonas (sic)
Type order: Gemmatimonadales Zhang et al. 2003
Original publication:
Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Gemmatimonadota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Gemmatimonadaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "FCB" Rinke et al. 2013.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
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🧕 Zhang et al. (2003) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163.
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🧒 Pascual et al. (2016) assigned the class Longimicrobia Pascual et al. 2016 to this phylum.
Publication:
Pascual J, Garcia-Lopez M, Bills GF, Genilloud O. Longimicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., an oligotrophic bacterium of the under-represented phylum Gemmatimonadetes isolated through a system of miniaturized diffusion chambers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1976-1985.
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🧒 Pascual et al. (2016) assigned the class Longimicrobiia corrig. Pascual et al. 2016 to this phylum.
Publication:
Pascual J, Garcia-Lopez M, Bills GF, Genilloud O. Longimicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., an oligotrophic bacterium of the under-represented phylum Gemmatimonadetes isolated through a system of miniaturized diffusion chambers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1976-1985.
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🧒 Zhang et al. (2003) assigned the class Gemmatimonadetes Zhang et al. 2003 to this phylum.
Publication:
Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163.
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🧒 Zhang et al. (2003) assigned the class Gemmatimonadia corrig. Zhang et al. 2003 to this phylum.
Publication:
Zhang H, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Hugenholtz P, Kim H, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Gemmatimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative, aerobic, polyphosphate-accumulating micro-organism, the first cultured representative of the new bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1155-1163.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gammatimonadetes"; "Gematimonadetes"; "Gemmanimonadetes"; "Gemmatimonbacteria"; "Gemmatimondaetes"; "Gemmatimonodetes"; "Gemmatinadetes"; "Gemmatinomadetes"; "Gemmatiomadetes"; "Gemmatiomonadetes"; "Gennatimonadetes"; "Germmatimonadetes".
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🧍 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.
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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "FCB" Rinke et al. 2013.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
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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