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. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996	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
    Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021	homotypic 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	heterotypic 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:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Amoebacteria"; "Jroleobacteria"; "Jroteobacteria"; "Pateobacteria"; "Pmteobacteria"; "Poteobacteria"; "Preoteobacteria"; "Preotobacteria"; "Proeteobacteria"; "Proetobacteria"; "Profeobacferia"; "Profeobacteria"; "Proleobacteria"; "Proreobacteria"; "Protebacteria"; "Protecbacteria"; "Protecobacteria"; "Proteinbacteria"; "Protenbacteria"; "Proteoabcteria"; "Proteobacleiia"; "Proteobacleria"; "Proteobacreria"; "Proteobacte"; "Proteobacteiia"; "Proteobactena"; "Proteobacteriae"; "Proteobacteriota"; "Proteobactma"; "Proteobuctena"; "Proteoobacteria"; "Proteoteobacteria"; "Proterobacteria"; "Protevbacteria"; "Prothbacteria"; "Protobacteria"; "Protrobacteria"; "Prottabacteria"; "Prottobacteria"; "Prouabacteria"; "Prouobacteria"; "Pvoteobacteria"; "Teobacteria". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Proteobacter"; "Proteobacterium".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996.
  • 🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129. Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.

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