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Taxon: Class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Garrity et al., in Brenner et al., eds., 2005/2006
Original name, rank & spelling Garrity, G.M., Bell, J.A. & Lilburn, T. 2005. In D.J. Brenner, N.R. Krieg & J.T. Staley (eds.), in G.M. Garrity (ed.), Bergey's Man. Syst. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) 2 (C): 575.

Etymology

Derived fromProteobacteria (Phylum) Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 2 May 2026.

Attributes

Orthographically correct name [ICNP, 2022: Rule 8 (class: not -ia; <2012)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [25 Apr 2026] ("orthographically correct (nominative plural noun, not formed from the name of the nomenclatural type)").

Types

Type genus, by inclusion within designated typeBurkholderia (Genus) Yabuuchi et al. 1993 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [25 Apr 2026].

Variants

Not validly published nameBetaproteobacteria (Class) "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [6 Jun 2026]; [<6 Jun 2026]. [inferred]
Former rankBetaproteobacteria (Phylum) "Anantharaman et al. 2016" nom. nud. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [6 Jun 2026]; 6 Jun 2026. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name (objective)Beta Group ([unranked])
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