Name: "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997

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

Gender: neuter

Type class: Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998

Original publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.

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 2010	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "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

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
    • In the publication by García-López et al. (2019) the authority was incorrectly given as "Hedlund 2012".

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Choo et al. (2007) assigned the class Opitutae Choo et al. 2007 to this phylum. Publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.
  • Hedlund et al. (1997) assigned the class Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.
  • Hou et al. (2008) assigned the genus "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum" Hou et al. 2008 to this phylum. Publication: Hou S, Makarova KS, Saw JH, Senin P, Ly BV, Zhou Z, Ren Y, Wang J, Galperin MY, Omelchenko MV, et al. Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia. Biol Direct 2008; 3:26.
  • Hou et al. (2008) assigned the genus "Methylokorus" to this phylum. Publication: Hou S, Makarova KS, Saw JH, Senin P, Ly BV, Zhou Z, Ren Y, Wang J, Galperin MY, Omelchenko MV, et al. Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia. Biol Direct 2008; 3:26.
  • Islam et al. (2008) assigned the genus "Methyloacida" to this phylum. Publication: Islam T, Jensen S, Reigstad LJ, Larsen O, Birkeland NK. Methane oxidation at 55 degrees C and pH 2 by a thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:300-304.
  • Op den Camp et al. (2009) assigned the family "Candidatus Methylacidiphilaceae" Op den Camp et al. 2009 to this phylum. Publication: Op den Camp HJ, Islam T, Stott MB, Harhangi HR, Hynes A, Schouten S, Jetten MS, Birkeland NK, Pol A, Dunfield PF. Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia. Environ Microbiol Rep 2009; 1:293-306.
  • Op den Camp et al. (2009) assigned the order "Candidatus Methylacidiphilales" Op den Camp et al. 2009 to this phylum. Publication: Op den Camp HJ, Islam T, Stott MB, Harhangi HR, Hynes A, Schouten S, Jetten MS, Birkeland NK, Pol A, Dunfield PF. Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia. Environ Microbiol Rep 2009; 1:293-306.
  • Pol et al. (2007) assigned the genus "Candidatus Acidimethylosilex" Pol et al. 2007 to this phylum. Publication: Pol A, Heijmans K, Harhangi HR, Tedesco D, Jetten MS, Op den Camp HJ. Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species. Nature 2007; 450:874-878.
  • Sakai et al. (2003) assigned the genus "Fucophilus" Sakai et al. 2003 to this phylum. Publication: Sakai T, Ishizuka K, Kato I. Isolation and characterization of a fucoidan-degrading marine bacterium. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2003; 5:409-416.
  • Sangwan et al. (2004) assigned the class "Spartobacteria" Sangwan et al. 2004 to this phylum. Publication: Sangwan P, Chen X, Hugenholtz P, Janssen PH. Chthoniobacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first pure-culture representative of subdivision two, Spartobacteria classis nov., of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:5875-5881.
  • Vandekerckhove et al. (2000) assigned the genus "Candidatus Xiphinematobacter" Vandekerckhove et al. 2000 to this phylum. Publication: Vandekerckhove TT, Willems A, Gillis M, Coomans A. Occurrence of novel verrucomicrobial species, endosymbiotic and associated with parthenogenesis in Xiphinema americanum-group species (Nematoda, Longidoridae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2197-2205.
  • 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 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.
  • In Validation List No. 143, the year of publication of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4 was erroneously cited as 2010. The correct year of publication should be 2011. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012; 62:1016.

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