Phylum "Kiritimatiellaeota"

Name: "Kiritimatiellaeota" Spring et al. 2016

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ki.ri.ti.ma.ti.el.lae.o’ta. N.L. fem. dim. pl. n. Kiritimatiellae, type class of the phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -aeota, provisional ending to denote a phylum, now replaced by -ota; N.L. neut. pl. n. Kiritimatiellaeota, the phylum of the class Kiritimatiellae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ki-ri-ti-ma-ti-el-la͡e-O-ta, neuter

Type class: Kiritimatiellae Spring et al. 2017

Original publication: Spring S, Bunk B, Sproer C, Schumann P, Rohde M, Tindall BJ, Klenk HP. Characterization of the first cultured representative of Verrucomicrobia subdivision 5 indicates the proposal of a novel phylum. ISME J 2016; 10:2801-2816. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:529-531.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Kiritimatiellota Spring et al. 2021

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Kiritimatiellota Spring et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Spring et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Spring S, Bunk B, Sproer C, Schumann P, Rohde M, Tindall BJ, Klenk HP. Characterization of the first cultured representative of Verrucomicrobia subdivision 5 indicates the proposal of a novel phylum. ISME J 2016; 10:2801-2816. 🇩🇪
- 🧒 Mu et al. (2020) assigned the class Tichowtungiia Mu et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Mu DS, Zhou LY, Liang QY, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Tichowtungia aerotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the phylum Kiritimatiellaeota and proposal of Tichowtungiaceae fam. nov., Tichowtungiales ord. nov. and Tichowtungiia class. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5001-5011. 🇨🇳
- 🧒 Spring et al. (2016) assigned the class Kiritimatiellae Spring et al. 2017 to this phylum. Publication: Spring S, Bunk B, Sproer C, Schumann P, Rohde M, Tindall BJ, Klenk HP. Characterization of the first cultured representative of Verrucomicrobia subdivision 5 indicates the proposal of a novel phylum. ISME J 2016; 10:2801-2816. 🇩🇪
- 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Kiritimatiellota Spring et al. 2021. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪
- 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum Kiritimatiellota Spring et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kirimatiellaeota".
- 🧍 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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