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Phylum "Kiritimatiellaeota"
Name: "Kiritimatiellaeota" Spring et al. 2016
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. 
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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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Kiritimatiellota Spring et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 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. 🇩🇪
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🧒 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. 🇨🇳
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🧒 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. 🇩🇪
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🛺 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. 🇩🇪
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🚃 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".
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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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🧕 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.
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.
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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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Record number: 900
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