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Phylum Nitrospirota
Name: Nitrospirota Garrity and Holt 2021
Etymology: Ni.tro.spi.ro’ta. N.L. fem. n. Nitrospira, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Nitrospirota, the Nitrospira phylum
Type genus: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986
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: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Nitrospiraeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Nitrospirota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Nitrospirae" Garrity and Holt 2001 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
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🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class "Nitrospira" Garrity and Holt 2001 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.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986 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.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Garrity and Holt) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 14; JCM: 5; ATCC: 5; NCIMB: 3; VKM: 3; LMG: 2; UQM: 2; NBRC: 1.
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🧕 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Leptospirillia Chuvochina et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP synonym "Nitrospira" Garrity and Holt 2001 not validly published synonym Nitrospiria Garrity and Holt 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Nitrospiria" Cavalier-Smith 2020 not validly published synonym "Nitrospiria" Oren et al. 2015 not validly published synonym [Nitrospirota, not assigned to class] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis Thermodesulfovibrionia Umezawa et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
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: 25896
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