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: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Firmicutes" corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Firmacutes" Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• 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 "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.
  • 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