Phylum "Verrucomicrobia"

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

Gender: neuter

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vereucomicrobia"; "Vermcomicrobia"; "Verrocomicrobia"; "Verrocumicrobia"; "Verruccomicrobia"; "Verrucomcirobia"; "Verrucomicro"; "Verrucomicrobiati"; "Verrucomicrobioa"; "Verrucromicrobia"; "Verrumicrobia"; "Verruomicrobia"; "Verucomicrobia".
- 🧔 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. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 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. 🇩🇪

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.42979Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 42979

This LPSN page was printed on 2026-08-15 22:43:18

Support LPSN

Phylum "Verrucomicrobia"