Division "Eobacteria"

Name: "Eobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: E.o.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. fem. n. Êôs, dawn, because the absence of lipopolysaccharide suggests they may be the earliest negibacteria; N.L. neut. pl. n. Eobacteria

Pronunciation, gender: e-o-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: Chloroflexales Gupta et al. 2013

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)

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Record number: 780
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