Class Alphabacteria
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Alphabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002, class. nov.
Type order: ¤ Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. alpha, the letter a; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Alphabacteria, name proposed to formalize the earlier informal designation as α-proteobacteria.
Valid 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Alphabacteria was previously known as "Alphabacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1992.
