Name: "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

Type class: Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020

Original publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned the class Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned the class Polyangia Waite et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • This taxon name is a homonym of Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021.

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Record number: 15189