Phylum "Verrucomicrobiota"

Name: "Verrucomicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Ver.ru.co.mi.cro.bi.o’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Verrucomicrobiota, the phylum of the class Verrucomicrobiae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wer-ru-ko-mi-kro-bi-O-ta, neuter

Type class: Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998

Original publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- 🛺 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 "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund 2010. 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. 🇯🇵
- 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Planctobacteria". 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. 🇬🇧
- 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Planctobacteria". Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19. 🇬🇧
- 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Verrucomicrobia". 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. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Verrocomicrobiota"; "Verrucomicbiota"; "Verrucomicobacteriota"; "Verrucomicobiota"; "Verrucomicorbiota"; "Verrucomicrobacteria"; "Verrucomimicrobiota"; "Verrucromicobiota"; "Verrucromicrobiota"; "Verrumicrobiota".
- 🧔 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. 🇨🇭
- 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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. 🇩🇪

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