Fusobacteria

Abstract Fu.so.bac.te'ri.a. N.L. neut. n. Fusobacterium genus of the phylum with ending ‐ ia to denote phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Fusobacteriia the phylum of Fusobacterium . Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the phylum Fusobacteria is: synonym (and no standing) (last update, February 2025) * . Correct name: Fusobacteriota LPSN classification: Bacteria / Fusobacteriati / Fusobacteriota The phylum Fusobacteria can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as p__Fusobacteriota (version v220) ** . GTDB classification: d__Bacteria / p__Fusobacteriota * Meier‐Kolthoff et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D801 – D807 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab902 ** Parks et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D785 – D794 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab776