Name: "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, Greek god of the sea, capable of assuming many different shapes; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. neut. pl. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Proteobacteria, protean phylum of bacteria of diverse properties despite a common ancestry, and having 16S rRNA gene sequences related to those of the members of the order Pseudomonadales

Gender: neuter

Type order: Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Phylum XIV. Proteobacteria phyl. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Jroleobacteria"; "Jroteobacteria"; "Pateobacteria"; "Pmteobacteria"; "Preotobacteria"; "Profeobacferia"; "Profeobacteria"; "Proleobacteria"; "Proreobacteria"; "Protebacteria"; "Protenbacteria"; "Proteobacleiia"; "Proteobacleria"; "Proteobacreria"; "Proteobacteiia"; "Proteobactena"; "Proteobactma"; "Proteobuctena"; "Proteoobacteria"; "Proteoteobacteria"; "Proterobacteria"; "Protevbacteria"; "Prothbacteria"; "Protobacteria"; "Prottabacteria"; "Prottobacteria"; "Prouabacteria"; "Prouobacteria"; "Pvoteobacteria".
  • This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Proteobacter"; "Proteobacterium".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Proteobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002.
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996.

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