Name: Protoarchaea Cavalier-Smith 2002
Etymology: Gr. proto, first; Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. pl. n. archaea, plural of archaeum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Protoarchaea, named Protoarchaea because bacteria have all retained the putatively ancestral archaebacterial phenotype of hyperthermophily, histones and sulphur reduction (not derived from the name of a genus)
Type order: Thermococcales Zillig 1988
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
Correct name: Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002
Name | Kind |
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Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
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Record number: 64