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Taxon: Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. nud. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Stackebrandt et al., 1988) G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001, nom. descript., nom. nud.
Original name:  Stackebrandt, E., Murray, R.G.E. & Trüper, H.G. 1988. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38 (2): [nom. rej.].
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  Garrity, G.M. & Holt, J.G. 2001a. In D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz (eds.), in G.M. Garrity (ed.), Bergey's Man. Syst. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) 1: 130 ("phy. nov. Garrity and Holt.", "Stackebrandt et al. (1988)", "we have elevated the class to the rank of phylum."), 157 ("phy. nov."). [working description].

Attributes

Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICNP, 2019: App. 7 (c), Chap. 4 B(4)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 2 May 2026.
Descriptive name ([nom. illeg.]: nom. descript.) [ICNP, 2025: Rule 8; Judicial Opinion 129: 3-4, 7 (>order)] Ref: D.R. Arahal et al. 2024. Judicial Opinion 129: 7; tbl. 2 (p. 6: "DN"). [implicit]

Variants

Validly published name: Proteobacteria (Phylum) Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<2 May 2026].
Different rank: Proteobacteria (Class) Stackebrandt et al. 1988 nom. rej.

Synonyms

Including: Chromatibacteria (Infraphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998
Including: Nitrobacteriales (Order)
Including: Nitrogen-Fixing Aerobic Bacteria (Phylum)
Including: oxidizers of nitrogen compounds (Class)
Including: Rhodobacteria (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith 1987
Including: Rhodobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998
Including: Thiobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998
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