Name: "Gemmatimonadetes" Zhang et al. 2003

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

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, incorrect plural of monas; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gemmatimonadetes, phylum of the genus Gemmatimonas (sic)

Gender: feminine

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

Correct name: Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Gemmatimonadota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Gemmatimonadaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Gammatimonadetes"; "Gemmanimonadetes"; "Gemmatimonbacteria"; "Gemmatinomadetes"; "Gemmatiomadetes"; "Gemmatiomonadetes"; "Gennatimonadetes".

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