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Phylum Verrucomicrobiota
Name: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021
Etymology: Ver.ru.co.mi.cro.bi.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Verrucomicrobium, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiota, the Verrucomicrobium phylum
Type genus: Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988
Valid publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 2010 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund 2010 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Verrucomicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Verrucomicrobaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024.
Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
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🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Terrimicrobia García-López et al. 2020 to this phylum.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998 to this phylum.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class Opitutae Choo et al. 2007 to this phylum.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the family "Candidatus Methylacidiphilaceae" Op den Camp et al. 2009 to this phylum.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988 to this phylum.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Verrucomicobacteriota"; "Verrucomicobiota"; "Verrucomicorbiota"; "Verrucomimicrobiota"; "Verrucromicobiota"; "Verrucromicrobiota"; "Verrumicrobiota".
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🧔 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 authority of the taxon name (Hedlund) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 51; DSM: 32; JCM: 20; NBRC: 19; MCCC: 13; ATCC: 12; CIP: 6; NRRL: 4; CGMCC: 3; BCRC: 3.
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🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024.
Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 10
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Opitutae Choo et al. 2007 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Opitutia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 not validly published synonym (and no standing) Opitutia corrig. Choo et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Spartobacteria" Sangwan et al. 2004 not validly published synonym (and no standing) Terrimicrobia García-López et al. 2020 inaccurate spelling misspelling Terrimicrobiia corrig. García-López et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Verrucomicrobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 not validly published synonym (and no standing) Verrucomicrobiia corrig. Hedlund et al. 1998 validly published under the ICNP correct name [Verrucomicrobiota, not assigned to class] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
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Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
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