Name: "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: Gr. archae, ancient; N.L. neut. pl. n. Archaebacteria

Type order: Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this division to the subkingdom "Unibacteria" 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 the subdivision "Euryarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this division. 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 subdivision "Crenarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this division. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Achaebacteria"; "Archaeabacteria"; "Archarbacteria"; "Archeabacteria"; "Archebacteiia"; "Archebacteria".
  • 😴 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • 🧍 The name "Archaebacteria" was previously given to a kingdom (kingdom "Archaebacteria" Woese and Fox 1977). In 1988, this taxon was validly published as a new classis, Archaeobacteria Murray 1988, class. nov., nom. rev. Publication: Murray RGE. The higher taxa, or, a place for everything..? In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 31-34.

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Record number: 782