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Phylum "Proteobacteria"
Name: "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005
Etymology: Pro.te.o.bac.te’ri.a. 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
Pronunciation, gender: pro-te-o-bak-TE-ri-a, 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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Bdellovibrionota" Waite et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Myxococcota" Waite et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Campylobacterota" Waite et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Alphaproteobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Epsilonbacteraeota" Waite et al. 2017 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Alphaproteobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Amoebacteria"; "Boteobacteria"; "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"; "Proteobacterota"; "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.
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🧍 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.
Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
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: 943
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