Name: "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 2010

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ver.ru.co.mi.cro’bi.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiales, type order of the phylum, dropping ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Verrucomicrobia, phylum of Verrucomicrobiales

Type order: Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Original publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Cerasicoccus maritimus sp. nov. and Cerasicoccus frondis sp. nov., two peptidoglycan-less marine verrucomicrobial species, and description of Verrucomicrobia phyl. nov., nom. rev. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:213-222.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Vermcomicrobia"; "Verrocomicrobia"; "Verrocumicrobia"; "Verruccomicrobia"; "Verrucomicrobioa"; "Verrumicrobia"; "Verucomicrobia".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997.
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund 2010.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Borel N, Horn M, Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 20 March 2019, Seattle, WA, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3654-3656.
  • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The term "phylogenetic definition" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.

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