Name: "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund 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; N.L. neut. pl. n. Verrucomicrobia, the phylum of the order Verrucomicrobiales (nominative plural of Verrucomicrobium)

Gender: neuter

Type class: Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998

Original publication: Hedlund BP. Phylum XXIII. Verrucomicrobia phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 795.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Verrucomicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Verrucomicrobaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Anders et al. (2015) assigned the genus Limisphaera Anders et al. 2015 to this phylum. Publication: Anders H, Power JF, MacKenzie AD, Lagutin K, Vyssotski M, Hanssen E, Moreau JW, Stott MB. Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, pink-pigmented coccus isolated from subaqueous mud of a geothermal hotspring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1114-1121.
  • Garcia-Lopez et al. (2019) assigned the class Terrimicrobia García-López et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • Garcia-Lopez et al. (2019) assigned the class Terrimicrobiia corrig. García-López et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • Sato et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Candidatus Nucleicoccus" corrig. Sato et al. 2014 to this phylum. Publication: Sato T, Kuwahara H, Fujita K, Noda S, Kihara K, Yamada A, Ohkuma M, Hongoh Y. Intranuclear verrucomicrobial symbionts and evidence of lateral gene transfer to the host protist in the termite gut. ISME J 2014; 8:1008-1019.
  • Van Teeseling et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Methylacidimicrobium" van Teeseling et al. 2014 to this phylum. Publication: van Teeseling MC, Pol A, Harhangi HR, van der Zwart S, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ, van Niftrik L. Expanding the verrucomicrobial methanotrophic world: description of three novel species of Methylacidimicrobium gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:6782-6791.
  • Van Teeseling et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Pedosphaera" to this phylum. Publication: van Teeseling MC, Pol A, Harhangi HR, van der Zwart S, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ, van Niftrik L. Expanding the verrucomicrobial methanotrophic world: description of three novel species of Methylacidimicrobium gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:6782-6791.
  • Williams et al. (2021) assigned the genus "Organicella" to this phylum. Publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ivanova N, Huntemann M, Haque S, Hancock AM, Brazendale S, Cavicchioli R. Genome Analysis of a Verrucomicrobial Endosymbiont With a Tiny Genome Discovered in an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:674758.
  • The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Planctobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 2002. 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: "Vermcomicrobia"; "Verrocomicrobia"; "Verrocumicrobia"; "Verruccomicrobia"; "Verrucomicrobioa"; "Verrumicrobia"; "Verucomicrobia".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 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.

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