Name: "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005
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
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
Name | Kind |
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Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
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