Phylum Myxococcota

Name: Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.coc.co’ta. N.L. masc. n. Myxococcus, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Myxococcota, the Myxococcus phylum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-xo-kok-KO-ta, neuter

Type genus: Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Rhodobacteriota" Wang et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
"Rhodobacterota" corrig. Wang et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Alphaproteobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Bdellovibrionota" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Campylobacterota" Waite et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Epsilonbacteraeota" Waite et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
- 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the kingdom Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪
- 🧒 Li et al. (2023) assigned the class "Candidatus Kuafubacteriia" corrig. Li et al. 2023 to this phylum. Publication: Li L, Huang D, Hu Y, Rudling NM, Canniffe DP, Wang F, Wang Y. Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6450. 🇨🇳
- 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
- 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Polyangia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
- 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Polyangiia corrig. Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
- 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) to this phylum. 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 was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Hahnke RL, Muller R, Whitworth D, Wink J, Garcia R. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: subcommittee on the taxonomy of Myxobacteria (Myxococcota). Minutes of the closed online meeting, 21 September 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5846. 🇩🇪
- ❗ Myxococcota is the correct name instead if this phylum is regarded as a separate phylum (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another phylum whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Waite et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).

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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