Name: "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. positivus, positive, because four of the six classes stain Gram-positive, abbreviation thereof; N.L. neut. pl. n. Posibacteria

Type order: Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Firmacutes Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and rejected
    Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected 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 class Togobacteria 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 class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) 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 "Actinobacteria" 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 "Endobacteria" 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 subphylum "Togobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998 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.
  • 😴 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.
  • 🧍 Posibacteria was previously known as "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The origin of eukaryotic and archaebacterial cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1987; 503:17-54.

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Record number: 778