Division "Planctobacteria"

Name: "Planctobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: Planc.to.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Planctobacteria, From Planctomycetales, the type and best-known free-living members.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: plank-to-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: Planctomycetales Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

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: 783

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