Name: Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: A.ra.bo.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. arabo-, combining form of arabic; N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Arabobacteria, a group of bacteria which, unlike other bacteria, always contain arabinose in their cells or walls (arabinose was originally isolated from gum arabic), not formed from a genus name

Pronunciation, gender: a-ra-bo-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: Mycobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002

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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Actinomycetes Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomycetes Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Actinomycetia Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Actinomycetes Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Arthrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this class to the subdivision "Actinobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this class to the subphylum "Actinobacteria". 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the genus Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the order Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. 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.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the order Actinoplanales Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this class. 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 order of this class has been placed in the class Actinomycetes Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 122. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5481.
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Tindall BJ. On the status of the names Corynebacteriales Goodfellow and Jones 2015, Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) and Mycobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3310-3312.
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion, which discussed its formation. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.
  • 🧍 Irregularly formed name (not formed from the stem of the name of the nomenclatural type). Rejected Name (Judicial Commission, Opinion 79 suppl.; IJSEM 64: 3599–3602), see Tindall (2014). Publication: Tindall BJ. Names at the rank of class, subclass and order, their typification and current status: Supplementary information to Opinion 79. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3599-3602.

Parent taxon: Actinomycetota Goodfellow 2021

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. — Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 122. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5481.

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