Phylum "Gemmatimonadetes"

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, inaccurately nominative 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021

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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