Phylum "Ignavibacteriae"

Name: "Ignavibacteriae" Podosokorskaya et al. 2013

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ig.na.vi.bac.te’ri.ae. N.L. neut. n. Ignavibacterium, type genus of the type order of the phylum; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ae, ending sometimes inaccurately used for class or phylum names; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ignavibacteriae, phylum of the genus Ignavibacterium

Gender: feminine

Type order: Ignavibacteriales Iino et al. 2010

Original publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Kadnikov VV, Gavrilov SN, Mardanov AV, Merkel AY, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Kublanov IV. Characterization of Melioribacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic thermophilic cellulolytic bacterium from the class Ignavibacteria, and a proposal of a novel bacterial phylum Ignavibacteriae. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:1759-1771. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Ignavibacteriota Podosokorskaya et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Ignavibacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Chlorobi" Iino et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Chlorobi" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Ignavibacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Chlorobiota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Chlorobaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧒 Podosokorskaya et al. (2013) assigned the class Ignavibacteria Iino et al. 2010 to this phylum. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Kadnikov VV, Gavrilov SN, Mardanov AV, Merkel AY, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Kublanov IV. Characterization of Melioribacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic thermophilic cellulolytic bacterium from the class Ignavibacteria, and a proposal of a novel bacterial phylum Ignavibacteriae. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:1759-1771. 🇷🇺
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gnavibacteriaei"; "Ingavibacteriae".
- 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the open meeting, 10 July 2019, Glasgow, UK. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5966. 🇦🇺
- 🧍 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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Phylum "Ignavibacteriae"