Name: "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Gray JP, Herwig RP. Phylogenetic analysis of the bacterial communities in marine sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996; 62:4049-4059.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Alphaproteobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Pimelobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Exoflagellata". Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the subphylum "Rhodobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the subphylum "Thiobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Rhodobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Thiobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Geobacteria" to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Jroleobacteria"; "Jroteobacteria"; "Pateobacteria"; "Pmteobacteria"; "Poteobacteria"; "Preotobacteria"; "Profeobacferia"; "Profeobacteria"; "Proleobacteria"; "Proreobacteria"; "Protebacteria"; "Protenbacteria"; "Proteobacleiia"; "Proteobacleria"; "Proteobacreria"; "Proteobacte"; "Proteobacteiia"; "Proteobactena"; "Proteobacteriota"; "Proteobactma"; "Proteobuctena"; "Proteoobacteria"; "Proteoteobacteria"; "Proterobacteria"; "Protevbacteria"; "Prothbacteria"; "Protobacteria"; "Protrobacteria"; "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" Garrity et al. 2005.
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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