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

Gender: 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
    "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Proteobacterota" Goloshchapov et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Epsilonbacteraeota" Waite et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Neomarinimicrobiota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Marinimicrobia" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Alphaproteobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bdellovibrionota" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Campylobacterota" Waite et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Goeker 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.
  • 🧕 Goeker 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.
  • 🧒 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).

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